On 05-Feb-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just out of curiosity, as I upgrade to slink, I'm wondering if I need to > upgrade all my packages as well. For example, if there is a package in hamm > and slink with the same name and version, are they in fact the same exact > package? Or is one only for slink, the other for hamm? My guess is they are > the same - am I correct? If so, why would there be copies in both the hamm > and slink distribution sites? >
If they are the exact same version, the package is actually in the older ditribution and a link exists in the newer one pointing to it. base/admin_5.1-0.1.deb -> ../.../dists/hamm/base/admin_5.1-0.1.deb

