> > $ apt-cache policy screen
> > screen:
> > Installed: 4.0.2-4.1
> > Candidate: 4.0.2-4.1
> > Version table:
> > 4.0.2-4.1 0
> > 300 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> > 4.0.2-4.1 0
> > 200 http://amd64.debian.net stable/main Packages
> > 4.0.2
Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > I run apt-get clean, and then every time I run apt-get
>> > dist-upgrade it wants to reinstall the same list of packages. A.
>>
>> Does 'apt-cache policy foobar' list a version twice for the packages?
>
> Yes:
>
> $ apt-cache policy screen
> screen
> > I run apt-get clean, and then every time I run apt-get
> > dist-upgrade it wants to reinstall the same list of packages. A.
>
> Does 'apt-cache policy foobar' list a version twice for the packages?
Yes:
$ apt-cache policy screen
screen:
Installed: 4.0.2-4.1
Candidate: 4.0.2-4.1
Version
Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >> apt-get clean; apt-get upgrade
>> >
>> > No, this does not fix the problem. apt-get still wants to reinstall
>> > all of the same packages.
>>
>> Once or more than once?
>
> Every time. I run apt-get clean, and then every time I run apt-get
> di
> >> apt-get clean; apt-get upgrade
> >
> > No, this does not fix the problem. apt-get still wants to reinstall
> > all of the same packages.
>
> Once or more than once?
Every time. I run apt-get clean, and then every time I run apt-get
dist-upgrade it wants to reinstall the same list of packag
Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> You have two builds of the same package/version. Apt-get wants to
>> install one of them but your cache already contains the other one. So
>> every upgrade reinstalls the wrong one.
>
> Well I don't understand that; and if it's true it seems to still
> You have two builds of the same package/version. Apt-get wants to
> install one of them but your cache already contains the other one. So
> every upgrade reinstalls the wrong one.
Well I don't understand that; and if it's true it seems to still be a bug.
We still have the behavior that apt-get
Andrew Schulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I've seen this problem come up from time to time before, but now I have it
> on a large scale:
You have two builds of the same package/version. Apt-get wants to
install one of them but your cache already contains the other one. So
every upgrade reinst
I've seen this problem come up from time to time before, but now I have it
on a large scale:
# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libdirectfb-0.9-24
The following packages w
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