Re: Bug#43368: gnome-apt: gnome-apt does not mark any packages for upgrading
Havoc Pennington wrote:
>
>On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Enterprise Mail Account wrote:
>> Package: gnome-apt
>> Version: 0.3.4
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> After an update, there is a beep. The update appears to have been
>> assimilated, since apt-get sees the updated package files, but gnome-apt
>> refuses to mark anything for upgrade (or smart upgrade).
...
>
>Hmm, can you clarify this for me - you mean you choose the "update" menu
>item, then "mark upgrades," and no upgrades are marked?
>
>Or do you mean you do "Complete Run" and dpkg isn't run (this bug is fixed
>in CVS).
>
>It sounds like you're saying you choose "update" from the menu and no
>upgrades are marked, which is the correct behavior; you have to then
>choose "mark upgrades" to mark the upgrades.
Run update - the package lists are updated
Beep (I don't remember this happening in the past)
Mark upgrades or mark smart upgrades - gnome-apt says there is nothing to
update...
...so there's no point in trying a complete run.
However apt-get does find things to update with dist-upgrade.
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