Does /etc/apt/sources.list contain an entry for non-US (something like "deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US/main")? Anything which isn't currently found in one of your defined mirrors will be listed as obsolete. Also, did you run "Update" from dselect's menu? I've found that dselect may not sync with apt until that occurs (make sure you set the access method to "apt" first). On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 01:29:25AM -0500, Matt Stegman wrote: > > Today I thought it would be a good idea to check for package updates, > as the last time I updated anything, Potato was labeled unstable. So, > I log into the system, run "apt-get update", and check out dselect > (I'm new to the apt system, and don't know all the handy commands > yet. Dselect is nicer to my brain). > > What's this? I have 4 "obsolete" packages (all in non-US): > ircii > libssl09 > ssh > ssh-askpass > > It suggests that I remove them. I look around, and there's no other > "ssh" package listed. I don't see "ssh2" in the list, nor a new > version of ssh. Why does dselect (or rather, apt) think ssh and irc > are obsolete? What's going on?
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