Re: weird error while trying to run apt-get ? has anyone seen this...google has not

[Joey L <mjh2000@gmail.com>]

Before you go file a bug, could you please show the output of:

apt-cache policy

srvname:~# apt-cache policy
Package files:
 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     release a=now
 500 http://giss.tv ./ Packages
     origin giss.tv
 500 http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/non-free Packages
     release o=volatile.debian.org,a=oldstable,l=debian-volatile,c=non-free
     origin volatile.debian.org
 500 http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/contrib Packages
     release o=volatile.debian.org,a=oldstable,l=debian-volatile,c=contrib
     origin volatile.debian.org
 500 http://volatile.debian.org etch/volatile/main Packages
     release o=volatile.debian.org,a=oldstable,l=debian-volatile,c=main
     origin volatile.debian.org
 500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Translation-en_US
 500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages
     release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,a=oldstable,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
     origin www.debian-multimedia.org
 500 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/non-free Packages
     release v=4.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian-Security,c=non-free
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
     release v=4.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
     release v=4.0,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian-Security,c=main
     origin security.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.debian.org etch/contrib Packages
     release v=4.0r7,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian,c=contrib
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.debian.org etch/non-free Packages
     release v=4.0r7,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian,c=non-free
     origin ftp.debian.org
 500 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages
     release v=4.0r7,o=Debian,a=oldstable,l=Debian,c=main
     origin ftp.debian.org
Pinned packages:


 

apt-cache policy tagcoll

srvname:~#     apt-cache policy tagcoll
tagcoll:
  Installed: 2.0.4-1
  Candidate: 2.0.4-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.4-1 0
        500 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status



 

apt-cache policy libtagcoll-dev

srvname:~#     apt-cache policy libtagcoll-dev
libtagcoll-dev:
  Installed: 1.6.3-1
  Candidate: 1.6.3-2
  Version table:
     1.6.3-2 0
        500 http://ftp.debian.org etch/main Packages
 *** 1.6.3-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The settings for this package and all packages are pretty standard.  I do not know what these all mean.

thanks