On Du, 05 mai 13, 23:44:36, Carl Fink wrote: > > That's really odd. Reinstalling Debian from scratch only takes an hour at > most, after all. (I use dpkg --get-selections > selections.txt to record > which packages I had installed.) BTW: +<section id="dpkg-set-selections"> + <title><command>dpkg --set-selections</command> changes</title> + <para> + The <command>dpkg --set-selections</command> command is now aware of the + architecture of packages it selects and can only set the state for known + packages. Therefore an up-to-date <filename>available</filename> + database is needed for the command to be useful. + </para> + <para> + To update the <filename>available</filename> database on an + <systemitem role="package">apt</systemitem>-based system, run the + <command>sync-available</command> command from the + <systemitem role="package">dctrl-tools</systemitem> package. + See the <ulink url="&url-wiki;Teams/Dpkg/FAQ">dpkg FAQ</ulink> + for more information. + </para> +</section> (pending inclusion in the Release Notes) Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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