On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:19:13PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > apt-get knows that it has to get the file from: > > > > deb http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~ftp/debian woody main > > > > and the md5sum of the Packages file from this source, as quoted > > before matches exactly. > > Er, the md5sum of the deb is not kept by dpkg after you install a .deb.
We seem to be going around in circles, or talking on different frequencies, or something. Lets try to go back to the basics: My apt-sources contains: deb http://snoopy.apana.org.au:8081/debian/ woody main non-free contrib deb http://snoopy.apana.org.au:8081/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://snoopy.apana.org.au/~ftp/debian woody main My apt/preferences file is setup so that the 2nd line has a priority -1, so it should effectively be ignored, right? Also, the version in woody is old, so that line should be ignored too, right? That leaves one line left to be processed, the last one. I then run an "apt-get update" operation. This will download this entry from the Packages file: Package: kerberos4kth1 Version: 1.1-11-2 Priority: optional Section: net Maintainer: Mikael Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Filename: ./pool/krb4/kerberos4kth1_1.1-11-2_all.deb Size: 57786 MD5sum: 330d49310a3264f037875e06a1328458 Description: Dummy library package for Kerberos4 From KTH. This is a dummy package. It should be safe to remove it. installed-size: 76 source: krb4 This MD5sum matches that of the file on the server, exactly: [518] [snoopy:unstable:bam] /home/ftp/pub/debian >md5sum ./pool/krb4/kerberos4kth1_1.1-11-2_all.deb 330d49310a3264f037875e06a1328458 ./pool/krb4/kerberos4kth1_1.1-11-2_all.deb The MD5sum is also exactly the same on the file downloaded on the client. I then do "apt-get upgrade" two times in a row, and it upgrades the same set of packages twice. Why? -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>