Re: Ping as normal user (Was: Why /usr/sbin is not in my root $PATH ?)

[Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>]

On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 05:19:49PM +0300, Reco wrote:
> "dpkg -s" gets package state from /var/lib/dpkg/status.
> "apt-cache" also uses /var/lib/apt/lists/*.
> 
> Basically your result tells that libcap2-bin is "optional" from the
> repository POV, but your local package database thinks it's "important".
> 
> And in this case I trust the repository and have to assume that your
> local package database is somehow corrupt.

arc3:~$ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status
Package: libcap2-bin
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important

wooledg:~$ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status
Package: libcap2-bin
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important

wooledg:~$ ssh root@megview5 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status"
root@megview5's password: 
Package: libcap2-bin
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important

wooledg:~$ ssh svr4 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status"
wooledg@svr4's password: 
Package: libcap2-bin
Status: install ok installed
Priority: important

oledg:~$ ssh meglin2 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status"
wooledg@meglin2's password: 
Package: libcap2-bin
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional

meglin2 is jessie.  wooledg is buster.  The others are stretch.