Re: Kernel version confusion
On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 01:43:09PM -0500, Tim McDaniel wrote:
> Basically, I am using (or trying to use) the testing release. I
> usually use dselect for installing new packages, when I need to do so
> (which is rare for me). dselect says that kernel-source 2.4.18-11 is
> installed. It also says that 2.4.20-6 is available. These are the
> latest listed via dselect.
>
> But <http://packages.debian.org/testing/devel/> says that the latest
> versions of kernel-source are 2.4.20-8 and 2.4.21-3. Also, "apt-cache
> search kernel-source" says that it knows about 2.4.20 and 2.4.21, and
> "apt-cache show" says that they're 2.4.20-8 and 2.4.21-3.
>
> Whisky Tango Foxtrot? I thought dselect used apt and that they had
> the same view of the universe. So how did they get out of sync?
Are you using 'apt-get update' rather than 'dselect update'? If so, use
the latter instead. It's confusing, granted; the reasons are mostly
historical.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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