[SOLVED] Re: aptitude not upgrading linux-image-2.6...

[Mike <debian@good-with-numbers.com>]

> I have an installation in which the linux-image-2.6.26-2-xen-amd64
> package is "stuck" in aptitude at 2.6.26-25lenny1.  There's a
> -26lenny1 security release that my other installations are seeing.
> "apt-get {update,upgrade}" doesn't change anything.

The apt cache is on an NFS mount.  I moved the files on the NFS server
earlier, using "mv this /there/", across mountpoints on the server
filesystem, which updated all the mtimes.  Apparently apt uses mtime
to check if /var/lib/apt/lists/* files are up-to-date.  The security
Packages is dated 2010-12-01 on the repository.

"rm /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_*_main_*_Packages" plus
"apt-get update" fixes it.