Re: Synaptic on Debian 11.3 fails to install "kate"
On Wed 07 Dec 2022 at 15:32:04 (-0700), Charles Curley wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Dec 2022 13:16:58 -0600 David Wright wrote:
>
> > > A a general rule, confirm. It can't hurt (other than the time it
> > > takes) and might help a lot. You should use the same tool to update
> > > that you use to upgrade.
> >
> > Does synaptic not use the same lists as APT? I thought it was
> > merely a frontend (some screens of which look very like the
> > pre-APT dselect from the last century).
>
> If by lists you mean sources.list and sources.list.d/*, I believe so
> (and have no evidence to the contrary).
No, that list in under the user's control and there's no avoiding it;
I meant APT's lists in /var/lib/apt/lists/, written by apt update.
> As for synaptic being a front end, someone else will have to answer
> that. I understand that apt and aptitude have different algorithms for
> calculating upgrades and dependencies.
>
> So it is quite possible I am being over-cautious here.
Cheers,
David.
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