Bug#277174: [apt-get update/dselect]: dselect only shows installed packages, not full list
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: normal
When I do an "apt-get update", apt's available list is updated fine.
"apt-get install <blah>" and "apt-get dist-upgrade/dselect-upgrade" all work
fine.
However, when I launch dselect, I only get a tiny list of packages,
essentially any package that has ever been installed on the system, but no
packages from the "available" list.
This just started happening when I installed debian/unstable using the
latest businesscard CD image. On my other systems which have been running
debian for between 120 days and 5 years, the available list is still there.
- Tyler
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
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/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID | grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#deb http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/ sid main
deb http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/ ./
deb-src http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/ ./
deb http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main non-free
deb-src http://gulus.usherbrooke.ca/debian/ unstable main non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free
## RAREWARES AAC REPOSITORY
#deb http://pessoal.onda.com.br/rjamorim/debian/ ./
#deb-src http://pessoal.onda.com.br/rjamorim/debian/ ./
## RAREWARES MAIN REPOSITORY
deb http://www.rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable ./
#deb-src http://www.rarewares.org/debian/packages/unstable ./
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
deb-src ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_CA, LC_CTYPE=en_CA
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.2-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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