Re: What is happening to testing/unstable?
On 20 Jun 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 10:24:54AM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > On 19 Jun 2002, Colin Watson wrote:
>
> > > > I also tried a specific upgrade to the new version of mozilla (1.0.0)
> > > > which is listed in unstable but was told that my version (from testing)
> > > > was the latest, which it isn't.
> > >
> > > Sounds like a buggy apt preferences file, assuming that that's what
> > > you're using.
> >
> > I don't have such a file. I didn't have /etc/apt.conf either, but I
> > copied it from /usr/share/doc/apt/examples.
>
> It should be /etc/apt/apt.conf rather than /etc/apt.conf. What's in
> /etc/apt/sources.list?
>
Sorry, typo; I had it as /etc/apt/apt.conf
> > But something seems to be wrong with apt-get. I have no
> > /var/cache/apt/available
>
> That shouldn't exist anyway: just archives, pkgcache.bin, and possibly
> srcpkgcache.bin.
>
> > and /var/lib/dpkg/available has nothing in it.
>
> Run 'dselect update'.
>
Many thanks; that seems to have fixed it!
Isn't it supposed to be run automatically by apt-get?
Anthony
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