On 20 Jun 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 11:50:58AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 20 Jun 2002, Colin Watson wrote: > > > Run 'dselect update'. > > > > Many thanks; that seems to have fixed it! > > > > Isn't it supposed to be run automatically by apt-get? > > No; 'dselect update' is a superset of 'apt-get update' (if dselect is > configured to use the apt method, which is the default these days), not > the other way round. > > Arguably it shouldn't be that way, but there are a number of complicated > historical reasons. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not clear what you mean by a superset. In the past, running "apt-get update" was enough to produce a list of things to be upgraded. Has something changed? If we need to run "dselect update" as well, shouldn't that be documented somewhere? (Perhaps it is but I haven't seen it.) I'm now somewhat confused. AC -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux GNU/Debian (Windows-free zone) For electronic books on the Assassins and on homeopathy, skeptical essays, and over 170 book reviews, go to: http://www.acampbell.org.uk/ Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. [Carl Sagan] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
