Re: apt-utility and repos.

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 20/09/11 10:05, Sthu Deus wrote:
> Good time of the day.
>
> I thought to file a bug report against cups on my wheezy system
> whereas I has found w/ the reportbug utility that I do not use the
> latest version of the package:
>
> $ apt-cache policy
> cups
>    Installed: 1.5.0-5
>    Candidate: 1.5.0-5
>    Version table:
>   *** 1.5.0-5 0
>          100 http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages
>          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>       1.4.4-7 0
>          990 http://ftp.ru.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages
>
> and the latest is 1.5.0-6.
>
> So I have found that something wrong w/ my apt data base. So, I have
> tried two more mirrors to see if the situation will change - but it
> didn't - the latest version was not installed nor appear in the policy
> of apt-cache utility.
>
> Therefore, my question is, How it can be? And what should I do?

Hmm... where do you get that the latest version is 1.5.0-6?

The current version of cups in wheezy is 1.5.0-5, the one you have 
installed. 1.5.0-6 is in sid, but not wheezy yet.

http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=cups

Your apt database is correct.

If you really want 1.5.0-6, and are ok with mixing releases, you could 
install the sid version, but I'd advise waiting until it appears in wheezy.

--
Dom