Re: upgrading just one "stable" package to "testing" version

["Jason Lim" <maillist@jasonlim.com>]

> On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 21:11:20 +1100, Toby Thain wrote:
> > spaz:~# apt-get update
>
> > spaz:~# apt-get install apt
> > Reading Package Lists... Done
> > Building Dependency Tree... Done
> > Sorry, apt is already the newest version
> > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not
upgraded.
>
> That's strange. Stable has apt 0.3.19; testing has apt 0.5.4. This
should
> have worked. Perhaps apt is among the "5 not upgrade" packages, for some
> reason? You could work around this by installing the new apt (and its
> dependencies) through "dpkg".
>

There is a simple way... do apt-get -v

What is the output? What version does it report?

Then we'll know all.