Re: apt-show-versions works not so well with Testing
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On 11/12/06 10:51, T wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:01:20 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
>>> I found that apt-show-versions works not so well with Testing -- packages
>>> already up to date are still shown as "upgradeable"...
>>>
>>> Is there any way I can fix it?
>>> Else, I hope the tool be enhanced.
>> Since you're running a mixed system, apt-show-versions is perfectly
>> correct in saying that you can upgrade from 0.37 to 0.38.
>
> Actually no. I'm mainly on Testing. The packages borrowed from unstable
> can be counted with my fingers from a single hand. :-)
A little pregnant is still pregnant...
>> I don't see anything in the man page about an option similar to
>> "apt-get --target-release".
>
> Me neither, that's why I think apt-show-versions does not suite
> well with Testing, and need to be enhanced.
"$ reportbug apt-show-versions" is your friend. :)
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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