On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 06:26:45PM +0200, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
>
> You can then apt-get update again and then update as normal. To clear the
> database you may also try "dpkg --clear-avail", then do a new "apt-get
> update".
Will that work? AFAIR, dpkg only knows about locally installed packages,
so I wouldn't recommend the "dpkg --clear-avail" command.
In situations where I have installed a foreign package, (i.e. one that
isn't the sources list) I've never bothered messing with dpkg's
knowledge of the system, it just does the right thing.
e.g.
root@tal:~# apt-cache policy fahclient
fahclient:
Installed: 7.1.52
Candidate: 7.1.52
Version table:
*** 7.1.52 0
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
IOW, what does an "apt-get update" do after a "dpkg --clear-avail"?
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