I always use the aptitude package manager. I never use the apt-get package manager.
Today, I noticed that apt-cache show and aptitude show are reporting different dependencies for the package:- linux-image-2.6-486. If you see the aptitude output, it clearly shows:- Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 Provides: linux-latest-modules-2.6.22-3-486 apt-cache output has two blocks. The first block correctly shows:- Provides: linux-latest-modules-2.6.22-3-486 Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 but the second one shows:- Provides: linux-latest-modules-2.6.22-2-486 Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-2-486 Why this difference? Why two blocks of output for the same package in apt-cache show. I have included the full outputs of both the tools below. # aptitude show linux-image-2.6-486 Package: linux-image-2.6-486 State: not installed Automatically installed: yes Version: 2.6.22+11 Priority: optional Section: admin Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Uncompressed Size: 8192 Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 Provides: linux-latest-modules-2.6.22-3-486 Description: Linux 2.6 image on x86 This package depends on the latest binary image for Linux kernel 2.6 on x86 and compatible machines. Tags: admin::kernel, role::dummy # apt-cache show linux-image-2.6-486 Package: linux-image-2.6-486 Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 8 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: linux-latest-2.6 (11) Version: 2.6.22+11 Provides: linux-latest-modules-2.6.22-3-486 Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-3-486 Filename: pool/main/l/linux-latest-2.6/linux-image-2.6-486_2.6.22+11_i386.deb Size: 2196 MD5sum: b4d942c73746a29cd3eb3ce5d9c9515f SHA1: 9df21c590f9dc958edd2e895f246c5f4214c6d78 SHA256: b631068bdd1777c35b10036cfda0ef437b5efb3c9044522acd12d5ed50db3c32 Description: Linux 2.6 image on x86 This package depends on the latest binary image for Linux kernel 2.6 on x86 and compatible machines. Tag: admin::kernel, role::dummy Package: linux-image-2.6-486 Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 8 Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: linux-latest-2.6 (10) Version: 2.6.22+10 Provides: linux-latest-modules-2.6.22-2-486 Depends: linux-image-2.6.22-2-486 Description: Linux 2.6 image on x86 This package depends on the latest binary image for Linux kernel 2.6 on x86 and compatible machines. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
