Package: synaptic Version: 0.57.9 Severity: normal "Add downloaded packages" seems to be designed to install upgrade packages downloaded from a different machine.
IMHO the function of this item is not clear. As it's not documented, I would expect users to assume that "Add downloaded packages" could replace a "dpkg -i foo.deb" for, say, packages not in Debian downloaded manually. Unfortunately, synaptic simply ignores these packages discretely throwing a "Can't find pkg foo" on console, and doesn't give any feedback (such as "0 upgrade packages found, 2 unknown packages ignored"). synaptic should either document the function of "Add downloaded packages", make it a small assistant or give some feedback after running it. Otherwise, I fear the function is as confusing as it could help. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages synaptic depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.3- 0.6.43.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils [libapt-inst-l 0.6.43.3 APT utility programs ii libatk1.0-0 1.11.3-1 The ATK accessibility toolkit ii libc6 2.3.6-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libcairo2 1.0.4-1+b1 The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-5.1 generic font configuration library ii libgcc1 1:4.1.0-1+b1 GCC support library ii libglade2-0 1:2.5.1-2 library to load .glade files at ru ii libglib2.0-0 2.10.2-1 The GLib library of C routines ii libgtk2.0-0 2.8.16-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface ii libncurses5 5.5-1.1 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libpango1.0-0 1.12.1-2 Layout and rendering of internatio ii libstdc++6 4.1.0-1+b1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libvte4 1:0.12.0-1 Terminal emulator widget for GTK+ ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System protocol client li ii libxcursor1 1.1.3-1 X cursor management library ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-5.1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxi6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Input extension li ii libxinerama1 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System multi-head display ii libxml2 2.6.23.dfsg.2-3 GNOME XML library ii libxrandr2 6.9.0.dfsg.1-6 X Window System Resize, Rotate and ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra ii scrollkeeper 0.3.14-10.1 A free electronic cataloging syste ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-11 compression library - runtime Versions of packages synaptic recommends: pn deborphan <none> (no description available) ii gksu 1.3.7-1 graphical frontend to su pn libgnome2-perl <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
