Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it

[Tony Godshall <togo@of.net>]

According to Marty,
> Tony Godshall wrote:
> >According to Marty,
> >>Basajaun wrote:
> >>
> >>>For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will
> >>>get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences".
> >>
> >>Good point.  Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must
> >>indicate the debian version. e.g. mine contains:
> >>
> >>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
> >>APT::Default-Release "sarge";
> >>APT::Cache-Limit 25165824;
> >
> >Oddly, I have no such file.  None of my machines do.
> >
> >What does that mean?
> >
> >
> 
> Maybe you accidentally removed it.  Here is my result from
> running "dlocate apt.conf":
> debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
> debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf
> apt: /usr/share/man/fr/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
> apt: /usr/share/man/ja/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
> apt: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
> apt: /usr/share/man/es/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
> apt: /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf
> 
> This means it's an conffile of the package "apt".
> 
> Running "dpkg --no-act -P apt" gives me this:
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of apt:
>  wajig depends on apt.
>  apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
>  gnome-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
>  python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
>  libapt-pkg-dev depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
>  aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
>  synaptic depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
>  libapt-pkg-perl depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
>   Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
>   Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
> 
> So it looks like unless you have apt-related packages your systems
> should be fine.  apt is just a dpkg front end, so theoretically you
> could manage fine without it, but it's a lot more work, and upgrades
> become problematic.

Uh, your dlocate seems to show no /etc/apt/apt.conf file either.

I do have a directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d

I'll shut up now and let this thread return to the original
question.