On 2013-03-31 15:26 +0200, Nick Black wrote: > Sven Joachim left as an exercise for the reader: > >> What does "apt-cache policy apt" print? > > [skynet](0) $ apt-cache policy apt > apt: > Installed: 0.9.7.8-SprezzOS1 > Candidate: 0.9.7.8-SprezzOS1 > Version table: > 0.9.7.8-SprezzOS1 0 > 500 http://www.sprezzatech.com/apt/ unstable/main amd64 Packages > *** 0.9.7.8-SprezzOS1 0 > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Is it possible that the package you installed locally is different from the one on http://www.sprezzatech.com/apt/, despite having the same version number? Compare your output with what I get here: ,---- | $ LANG=C apt-cache policy apt | apt: | Installed: 0.9.7.8 | Candidate: 0.9.7.8 | Version table: | 0.9.7.9~exp1 0 | 101 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages | *** 0.9.7.8 0 | 500 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages | 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status `---- By default, "aptitude show" only prints the status of the "candidate" version, and if that one is different from the installed version, you'll see that the package is "not installed", see #539978¹. You can request it to show all versions with the -v option. Cheers, Sven ¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=539978 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org