On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 04:16, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 03:12:31AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > > > Once you have your system installed you can check the available > > > versions of a package using the 'apt-cache' command. Eg : > > > > > > $ apt-cache show mozilla-browser > > > mozilla-browser: > > > Installed: 2:0.9.9-6 > > > Candidate: 2:0.9.9-6 > > > Version Table: > > > 2:1+rc2-1 0 > > > 95 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Packages > > > *** 2:0.9.9-6 0 > > > 990 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages > > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > > > > > > Hmmm. That's not what happens when I type > > $ apt-cache show mozilla-browser > > > > I get something that looks like an excerpt from a /var/lib/apt/lists > > binary Packages file. > > Probably a mental typo: > > $ apt-cache policy mozilla-browser > ^^^^^^
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