Re: apt doesn't upgrade packages
On Sat, Jul 24, 2004 at 06:10:27PM -0700, Aaron Tomb wrote:
> I'm having a very strange problem. As of about a week ago, apt-get stopped
> noticing new packages and upgrading them. It still downloads package lists, and
> if I tell it a specific package version, as in:
>
> apt-get install mozilla-firefox=0.9.1-5
>
> it'll install the newer version. However, if I just say 'apt-get upgrade' (or
> dist-upgrade, or dselect-upgrade), it says that there are no new packages. I'm
> using apt 0.5.26, dpkg 1.10.23, and dselect 1.10.23. No one else I've talked to
> is having this problem, so I think it's an issue of configuration, rather than
> a bug in apt. But I've had no luck trying to fix it. I've changed my
> sources.list several times, to try different mirrors, to no avail. Does anyone
> have any idea what might be wrong?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
i'm having the exact same problem. i'm currently tracking unstable and
testing, w/ unstable src. i've consolidated my sources.list to the
bare minimum (testing main contrib + updates), all to no avail. ideas?
>
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