According to Marty, > Tony Godshall wrote: > >According to Marty, > >>Basajaun wrote: > >> > >>>For understanding what version you are running, and what packages will > >>>get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences". > >> > >>Good point. Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must > >>indicate the debian version. e.g. mine contains: > >> > >>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true"; > >>APT::Default-Release "sarge"; > >>APT::Cache-Limit 25165824; > > > >Oddly, I have no such file. None of my machines do. > > > >What does that mean? > > > > > > Maybe you accidentally removed it. Here is my result from > running "dlocate apt.conf": > debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d > debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf > apt: /usr/share/man/fr/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/man/ja/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/man/es/man5/apt.conf.5.gz > apt: /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf > > This means it's an conffile of the package "apt". > > Running "dpkg --no-act -P apt" gives me this: > dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of apt: > wajig depends on apt. > apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > gnome-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > libapt-pkg-dev depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > synaptic depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > libapt-pkg-perl depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however: > Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed. > Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed. > > So it looks like unless you have apt-related packages your systems > should be fine. apt is just a dpkg front end, so theoretically you > could manage fine without it, but it's a lot more work, and upgrades > become problematic.
Uh, your dlocate seems to show no /etc/apt/apt.conf file either. I do have a directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d I'll shut up now and let this thread return to the original question. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]