Re: Updating from 4.0_r5 to 4.0_r6 ?
The command "apt-cache show dpkg" prints out the following :
Package: dpkg
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 6296
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <team@dpkg.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.13.26
Replaces: dpkg-doc-ja, dpkg-static, manpages-de (<= 0.4-3),
manpages-pl (<= 20051117-1)
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), coreutils (>= 5.93-1)
Suggests: apt, lzma
Conflicts: sysvinit (<< 2.82-1), dpkg-iasearch (<< 0.11), dpkg-static,
dpkg-dev (<< 1.10)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.13.26_i386.deb
Size: 2033986
MD5sum: b46326cd6803690f1866eaaf4dc9abc1
SHA1: 85e8172e5d138dd53f948202dab56744ed25c6f2
SHA256: ee55f2f46334b031684ebad84716be793361a2362f377282ec72b21e8bfcc653
Description: package maintenance system for Debian
This package contains the low-level commands for handling the installation
and removal of packages on your system.
.
In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to
install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one.
Origin: debian
Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::configuring, use::scanning,
works-with::software:package
Package: dpkg
Essential: yes
Priority: required
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 6296
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <team@dpkg.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 1.13.25
Replaces: dpkg-doc-ja, dpkg-static, manpages-de (<= 0.4-3),
manpages-pl (<= 20051117-1)
Pre-Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), coreutils (>= 5.93-1)
Suggests: apt, lzma
Conflicts: sysvinit (<< 2.82-1), dpkg-iasearch (<< 0.11), dpkg-static,
dpkg-dev (<< 1.10)
Filename: pool/main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.13.25_i386.deb
Size: 2031058
MD5Sum: 2f9964698270217d5967b97e5f9d85c2
SHA1: 0e44f1965001f9604a6a6f6c162f67876f9de845
SHA256: 7764da2301834b4906b49cc98394abb72e5e7d13b893836c9364b0551ba6c358
Description: package maintenance system for Debian
This package contains the low-level commands for handling the installation
and removal of packages on your system.
.
In order to unpack and build Debian source packages you will need to
install the developers' package `dpkg-dev' as well as this one.
Origin: debian
Bugs: debbugs://bugs.debian.org
Tag: admin::package-management, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::perl, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::debian, use::configuring, use::scanning,
works-with::software:package
Regards,
John Smith
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2008-12-27 14:20 +0100, John Smith wrote:
>
>> I was just trying to upgrade my Debian 4.0_r5 installation to the
>> latest 4.0_r6, and after reading the apt-get manual page I assumed
>> that the following commands would do the trick :
>>
>>
>> # apt-get update
>> # apt-get -u dist-upgrade
>>
>> However, this gives me the following output :
>>
>> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
>>
>>
>> Am I using the wrong commands to upgrade my debaibn system, or am I
>> missing something obvious here ? I manually checked the debian mirror
>> that apt-get uses, and all the files for the latest release 4.0_r6
>> seem to be available.
>
> Either you had already upgraded before, or your mirror is not as up to
> date as it seems. What does "apt-cache show dpkg" print?
>
> Sven
>
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