Tony Godshall wrote:
According to Marty,
Basajaun wrote:
>For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will
>get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences".
Good point. Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must
indicate the debian version. e.g. mine contains:
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::Default-Release "sarge";
APT::Cache-Limit 25165824;
Oddly, I have no such file. None of my machines do.
What does that mean?
Maybe you accidentally removed it. Here is my result from
running "dlocate apt.conf":
debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf
apt: /usr/share/man/fr/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/man/ja/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/man/es/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf
This means it's an conffile of the package "apt".
Running "dpkg --no-act -P apt" gives me this:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of apt:
wajig depends on apt.
apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
gnome-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
libapt-pkg-dev depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
synaptic depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
libapt-pkg-perl depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
So it looks like unless you have apt-related packages your systems
should be fine. apt is just a dpkg front end, so theoretically you
could manage fine without it, but it's a lot more work, and upgrades
become problematic.
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