On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 06:54:41PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote: > In muc.lists.debian.user, you wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 12:10:11AM -0500, Grant Edwards wrote: > >> The next thing I can't figure out is why dpkg is using "potato" packages > >> and > >> apt-get is using "stable". The "available" list in /var/lib/dpkg shows all > >> packages are from potato, and apt-get's sources list is all stable. > > > > It's a bit screwy ... but fortunately will be "fixed" by releasing. :) > > So it's normal for an install done with woody floppies to use > "stable" as the source for packages?
Unfortunately so, as far as I know. > > Try editing /etc/apt/sources.list to point to woody and then running > > 'dselect update'. > > I was about to edit sources.list and do apt-get update/upgrade > last night, but wasn't sure it would do what I wanted. Should > I really use dselect isntead of apt-get? I've never had much > success with dselect in the past. 'dselect update' doesn't imply running dselect's full-screen interface. It's just a layer over 'apt-get update' which also updates dpkg's available file, and thus makes certain parts of the system behave more consistently. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
