On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote: > > > > # dpkg --print-avail libart2 > > Package `libart2' is not available. > > That's odd. I guess 'apt-get update' doesn't let dpkg know that these > are available until actually installed or update is run in dselect. > (just guessing...) > Can anybody confirm this behavior? This is indeed what happens. dpkg --merge-avail is not hugely fast :| Jason