On Wed, 26 May 1999, trapstep wrote: > i don't even understand why apt/dpkg wants to remount sth thats isn't mounted, > for me, it seems like a bug in dpkg > BTW i'm using apt0.3.6 and dpkg1.4.1.1 on a potato distro If you look in /etc/apt/apt.conf I'll bet it is a copy of the example configuration file that says at the top it is not a real configuration file and should not be used as such. Jason