On: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:28:38 -0500 (CDT) Pete Harlan writes: > > Hi, > I upgraded from bo to hamm (via cheapbytes's fixed cd_autoup.sh) and > then to slink, installed 'apt', selected it as my dselect method, > and now almost all of my regular packages are in the > "Obsolete/local" category. > > I've seen this other times I've done this, and switching back to the > "ftp" method makes everything go back to normal. What's wrong? In > addition to most packages being mis-categorized, there are many > missing (e.g., emacs of any flavor, and elm).
Probably the dselect database are not updated by apt-get. Try the apt select method in dselect and do an update (using the apt method). Are the packages still shown as obsolete? Torsten