The command "apt-cache show dpkg" prints out the following : Package: dpkg Essential: yes Priority: required Section: admin Installed-Size: 6296 Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <t...@dpkg.org> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.13.26 Replaces: dpkg-doc-ja, dpkg-static, manpages-de (<= 0.4-3), manpages-pl (<= 20051117-1) Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), coreutils (>= 5.93-1) Suggests: apt, lzma Conflicts: sysvinit (<< 2.82-1), dpkg-iasearch (<< 0.11), dpkg-static, dpkg-dev (<< 1.10) Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.13.26_i386.deb Size: 2033986 MD5sum: b46326cd6803690f1866eaaf4dc9abc1 SHA1: 85e8172e5d138dd53f948202dab56744ed25c6f2 SHA256: ee55f2f46334b031684ebad84716be793361a2362f377282ec72b21e8bfcc653 Description: package maintenance system for Debian This package contains the low-level commands for handling the installation and removal of packages on your system. . In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one. Origin: debian Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian, use::configuring, use::scanning, works-with::software:package
Package: dpkg Essential: yes Priority: required Section: admin Installed-Size: 6296 Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <t...@dpkg.org> Architecture: i386 Version: 1.13.25 Replaces: dpkg-doc-ja, dpkg-static, manpages-de (<= 0.4-3), manpages-pl (<= 20051117-1) Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), coreutils (>= 5.93-1) Suggests: apt, lzma Conflicts: sysvinit (<< 2.82-1), dpkg-iasearch (<< 0.11), dpkg-static, dpkg-dev (<< 1.10) Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.13.25_i386.deb Size: 2031058 MD5Sum: 2f9964698270217d5967b97e5f9d85c2 SHA1: 0e44f1965001f9604a6a6f6c162f67876f9de845 SHA256: 7764da2301834b4906b49cc98394abb72e5e7d13b893836c9364b0551ba6c358 Description: package maintenance system for Debian This package contains the low-level commands for handling the installation and removal of packages on your system. . In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one. Origin: debian Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian, use::configuring, use::scanning, works-with::software:package Regards, John Smith On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > On 2008-12-27 14:20 +0100, John Smith wrote: > >> I was just trying to upgrade my Debian 4.0_r5 installation to the >> latest 4.0_r6, and after reading the apt-get manual page I assumed >> that the following commands would do the trick : >> >> >> # apt-get update >> # apt-get -u dist-upgrade >> >> However, this gives me the following output : >> >> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. >> >> >> Am I using the wrong commands to upgrade my debaibn system, or am I >> missing something obvious here ? I manually checked the debian mirror >> that apt-get uses, and all the files for the latest release 4.0_r6 >> seem to be available. > > Either you had already upgraded before, or your mirror is not as up to > date as it seems. What does "apt-cache show dpkg" print? > > Sven > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
