On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:48:54AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Gentlemen, my /var/lib/dpkg/available file always seems a day behind > apt: Sounds like you're using 'apt-get update' instead of 'dselect update'. Don't. > P.S. Is it normal to have a /var/lib/dpkg/lock always present 24 hours > a day? Yes. -- Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]