Bug#208547: apt: doesn't notice the package is alreaady the newest version
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.10
Severity: normal
Hi,
I can install galeon as often as I want, apt doesn't recognize that it's
already the newest version:
# apt-get install galeon
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
galeon
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2595kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 84851 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace galeon 1.3.7.20030831-1 (using .../galeon_1.3.7.20030831-1_powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement galeon ...
Setting up galeon (1.3.7.20030831-1) ...
# apt-get install galeon
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded
galeon
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 72 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/2595kB of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 84851 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace galeon 1.3.7.20030831-1 (using .../galeon_1.3.7.20030831-1_powerpc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement galeon ...
Setting up galeon (1.3.7.20030831-1) ...
Can I provide any further input?
-- Guido
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "powerpc";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux bogon 2.4.21-ben2-agx #1 Fri Aug 15 12:12:18 CEST 2003 ppc
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages apt depends on:
hi libc6 2.3.2-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.2-0pre1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.2-0pre2 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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