Hi. On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 10:26:29AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 05:19:49PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > "dpkg -s" gets package state from /var/lib/dpkg/status. > > "apt-cache" also uses /var/lib/apt/lists/*. > > > > Basically your result tells that libcap2-bin is "optional" from the > > repository POV, but your local package database thinks it's "important". > > > > And in this case I trust the repository and have to assume that your > > local package database is somehow corrupt. > > arc3:~$ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status > Package: libcap2-bin > Status: install ok installed > Priority: important > > wooledg:~$ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status > Package: libcap2-bin > Status: install ok installed > Priority: important > > wooledg:~$ ssh root@megview5 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' > /var/lib/dpkg/status" > root@megview5's password: > Package: libcap2-bin > Status: install ok installed > Priority: important > > wooledg:~$ ssh svr4 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status" > wooledg@svr4's password: > Package: libcap2-bin > Status: install ok installed > Priority: important > > oledg:~$ ssh meglin2 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status" > wooledg@meglin2's password: > Package: libcap2-bin > Status: install ok installed > Priority: optional > > meglin2 is jessie. wooledg is buster. The others are stretch.
Yep. But for me it's (stretch): $ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status Package: libcap2-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Reco
