Bug#212489: dselect: says using /var/cache/apt/available
reassign 212489 dpkg
retitle 212489 dpkg --update-avail says "using" for a tempfile
thanks
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 07:07:53AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: dselect
> Version: 1.10.10
> Severity: minor
>
> # dselect update
> ...
> Replacing available packages info, using /var/cache/apt/available.
>
> Huh?
> # ls -l /var/cache/apt/available
> ls: /var/cache/apt/available: No such file or directory
It's a temporary file. dpkg should probably print something like:
Reading "/var/cache/apt/available" and replacing available packages info.
That should probably make it a bit more obvious it's a file that is being
read.
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