Re: /var/lib/dpkg/available a day behind apt
Colin,
I have seen you 'suggest' this a couple of times now. Would you give a
reference to something that explains why? Thanks.
Lou Losee
* Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> [2003-08-18 06:17]:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 09:48:54AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > Gentlemen, my /var/lib/dpkg/available file always seems a day behind
> > apt:
>
> Sounds like you're using 'apt-get update' instead of 'dselect update'.
> Don't.
>
> > P.S. Is it normal to have a /var/lib/dpkg/lock always present 24 hours
> > a day?
>
> Yes.
>
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