But this doesn't solve my problem -- why am I getting errors which say no such file or directory -- its looking for a file which isn't there -- but why is it looking? If I look in the relevant directory at ftp.us.debian.org there is no util-linux later than April 15 which I already have -- and yet both the available file and the status file want a newer one. Shouldn't someone put those files there or change the packages.gz files not to want them?
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, aidanc wrote: > Breathe, man, breathe... > On Thu, 12 Jul 2001 16:20:53 "Jürgen A. Erhard" wrote: > > >>>>> "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Joost> On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 09:52:46AM -0400, John Covici wrote: > > >> I just did apt-get update before doing the upgrade -- how could > > they > > >> be out of date? > > > > Joost> If you do a "dselect-upgrade" with apt-get, it will use the > > Joost> dpkg available packages database. > > > > Bullshit. (Sorry, but I even did an strace on apt-get dselect-upgrade > > just now to be sure, and nowhere does it access > > /var/lib/dpkg/available). > > > > It *will* use dselect's package status file for checking which > > packages should be installed, but it always does this anyway (both > > apt-get upgrade and apt-get dselect-upgrade open /var/lib/dpkg/status, > > according to strace). > > > > Joost> Apt normally uses its own available packages database, and > > Joost> does not use the dpkg database. The dpkg available > > Joost> database must also be kept up to date, but there is no > > Joost> "apt-get dselect-update" for that. I think that apt-get > > Joost> should do this on every regular "apt-get update", because > > Joost> it should keep the dpkg available packages list in sync > > Joost> with the user's expectations. > > > > As I said, that's bullshit. You're right that dpkg's available file > > needs to be up to date... but only for dselect and for manual browsing > > (do that quite often myself). dpkg itself doesn't use it AFAIK. > > > > You do the updating via "dselect update", but I should think that you > > known that. > > > > Bye, J > > > > PS: I wouldn't have reacted so strongly if a) you didn't walk around > > here with an aura of "I *always* know what I'm saying" and b) there > > hadn't been someone stating that you were one of the most > > knowledgeable people on this list. Sorry, but those factors just > > *call* for a "cutting down to size once in a while". > > > > -- > > Jürgen A. Erhard ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > My WebHome: http://members.tripod.com/Juergen_Erhard > > Linux - Free PC Unix (http://www.linux.org) > > "It's not apathy: It's zen!" -- Joe Mayer > > > > > -- John Covici [EMAIL PROTECTED]
