On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 05:19:49PM +0300, Reco wrote: > "dpkg -s" gets package state from /var/lib/dpkg/status. > "apt-cache" also uses /var/lib/apt/lists/*. > > Basically your result tells that libcap2-bin is "optional" from the > repository POV, but your local package database thinks it's "important". > > And in this case I trust the repository and have to assume that your > local package database is somehow corrupt.
arc3:~$ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status Package: libcap2-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: important wooledg:~$ grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status Package: libcap2-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: important wooledg:~$ ssh root@megview5 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status" root@megview5's password: Package: libcap2-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: important wooledg:~$ ssh svr4 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status" wooledg@svr4's password: Package: libcap2-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: important oledg:~$ ssh meglin2 "grep -A2 'Package: libcap2-bin' /var/lib/dpkg/status" wooledg@meglin2's password: Package: libcap2-bin Status: install ok installed Priority: optional meglin2 is jessie. wooledg is buster. The others are stretch.