I have been trying to use dselect 1.2.3 on a partial 1.1beta
distribution tree obtained as an FTP mirror:
dpkg --clear-avail
dpkg-deb -AR binary-i386
[I did not want to point dselect at the packages file of the partial
tree, because that contains also those packages that I do not have.]
When I then call dselect, I get packages displayed in status
- obsolete: installed packages not in my partial tree
- "need upgrade" (or so): installed packages with a newer version in
the partial tree
- up-to-date: installed packages equal to the version in
the partial tree
All this is ok, but I do not get displayed the packages in my partial
distribution tree that are not yet installed on my system. I have
looked into /var/lib/dpkg, and information about the new packages has
been registered there.
Is there a way to make dselect display the new packages also?
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