Re: libc6: did it move from unstable to testing?
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Also sprach Craig Dickson (Sat 08 Mar 02003 at 09:29:13PM -0800):
> Kevin Coyner wrote:
>
> > I'm running a strictly testing box, and just a bit ago I did an apt-get
> > update and apt-get dist upgrade, and before I knew it, the system
> > was downloading 89 upgrades, one of which was libc6 ver 2.3.1-14.
> >
> > But when I go to packages.debian.org, and look at the libc6 debs in
> > there, I see that it clearly says that ver 2.3.1-14 is still unstable,
> > and that testing should be 2.2.5-14.3.
> >
> > Normally an upgrade like this is good stuff, but this time it caused me
> > some problems, namely it uninstalled php4.
> >
> > So I'm a bit lost. Did I mess something up? Or was libc6 or something
> > else moved from unstable to testing just a bit early?
>
> packages.d.o is sometimes a bit behind schedule. If you want to see what
> your apt-get sees, do "apt-cache policy <package-name>". Here is what I
> see right now for libc6 on a testing machine:
>
> $apt-cache policy libc6
> libc6:
> Installed: 2.3.1-14
> Candidate: 2.3.1-14
> Version Table:
> *** 2.3.1-14 0
> 500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> So apparently 2.3.1-14 is in testing now.
What am I missing?
# apt-cache policy libc6
libc6:
Installed: 2.2.5-14.3
Candidate: 2.2.5-14.3
Version Table:
*** 2.2.5-14.3 0
500 ftp://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages
500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
500 http://debian.crosslink.net testing/main Packages
500 http://http.us.debian.org testing/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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