Re: Updating Testing server - errors

2004-10-25 Thread Martin J Hooper
Michael Graham wrote: /var/lib/dpkg/available (as the path implies) is used by dpkg (and dselect), not by apt. It is only updated when you run 'dselect update' or [U]pdate in dselect, and modified by dpkg when you install/remove packages. So running 'dselect update' should correct this file. But

Re: Updating Testing server - errors

2004-10-25 Thread Michael Graham
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:06:13 +0100, Martin J Hooper wrote: > Apart from editing the available file (Which I don't want to do) is > there any way to get round it or do I have to wait until it gets changed > on the server? >From http://lists.debian.org/deity/2004/07/msg00172.html > /var/lib/dpkg/av