there is no /var/cache/apt/available
partial output of dselect update ...
Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available.
man dselect
dselect --admindir <directory>
Changes the directory where the dpkg `status',`available' and
similar files are located. This defaults to /var/lib/dpkg and normally
there shouldn't be any need to change it.
man dpkg
dpkg --update-avail, --merge-avail Packages-file
Update dpkg's and dselect's idea of which packages are available.
With action --merge-avail, old information is combined with information
from Packages-file. With action --update-avail, old information is
replaced with the information in the Packages-file. The Packages-file
distributed with Debian is simply named Packages. dpkg keeps its record
of available packages in /var/lib/dpkg/available.
hth
really
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aka jetscreamer
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