Bug#245253: apt-get: claims it will upgrade a packages that should/will not be
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 09:40:47AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > If I remove the w.o line or the unstable one from my sources.list that
> > behaviour goes away. It comes back when I re-add those 2 lines.
>
> You probably already have the package in your cache (so it won't be listed
> in --print-uris). The reason for the package being reinstalled is likely
> that two packages have the same version number but are actually different.
> This is a bug in the unofficial packages.
You're right, it unpacked the version from the cache. But then there is
still a bug in apt, since unless I clean the cache, it will continuously
unpack it, thinking it is the right deb.
What makes it think the one installed is not the available one ? Why
wouldn't it be possible to detect the same problem wrt the cache ?
And above all, why if I comment out any one of the 2 source lines, would it
think that the installed package is good ?
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