Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-13 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:13:58 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:13:58 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 21:45:24 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:13 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> >> > Please post the output of: >> > >> > grep ^Ori

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-11 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 21:45:24 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:13 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Please post the output of: > > > > grep ^Origin /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Release > > > > No output > > Perhaps "ls -lt /var/lib/apt/lists" will tell you something. It lis

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-11 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:00:13 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Please post the output of: > > grep ^Origin /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Release > No output Perhaps "ls -lt /var/lib/apt/lists" will tell you something. It lists: total 19224 -rw-r- 1 root root 0 2008-01-20 21:10 lock drwxr-xr-x

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 20:36:04 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:31:27 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: [ We are trying to figure out why "aptitude search '~i!~Odebian'", a command meant to find all installed non-Debian packages, returns so many false positives on Felix's Debi

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-10 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:31:27 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > What do you see when you run > apt-cache policy a2ps adduser alsa-base > ? The following: | a2ps: | Installed: 1:4.13b.dfsg.1-1 | Candidate: 1:4.13b.dfsg.1-1 | Version table: | *** 1:4.13b.dfsg.1-1 0 | 500 cdrom://[Debian

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-10 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 20:03:37 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:40:09 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 08:54:02PM +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > > > >> I recollect running a command that identified non-Debian packages > >> as part of the upgrade to Etch

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-09 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 18:40:09 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 08:54:02PM +, Felix Karpfen ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> I recollect running a command that identified non-Debian packages >> as part of the upgrade to Etch and *the command gave the expected >> output*. But, alas,

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-08 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 08:54:02PM +, Felix Karpfen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:34:14 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > They failed to address my misunderstanding and the fault was mine. > > My concern arose not from the absence of "vuescan" (which - as pointed

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-08 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:34:14 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> Check for non-Debian packages on your system by running: >> >> aptitude search '~i!~Odebian' >> > > As an aptitude-novice, I tried the above command on my > fully-operationa

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-07 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 19:06:27 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:53:48PM +0100, Florian Kulzer was heard to say: > > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 20:34:14 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > > > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > > Check for non-Debian pa

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-06 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:53:48PM +0100, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 20:34:14 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > > Check for non-Debian packages on your system by running: > > > > > > ap

Re: Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-06 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 20:34:14 +, Felix Karpfen wrote: > On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > Check for non-Debian packages on your system by running: > > > > aptitude search '~i!~Odebian' > > As an aptitude-novice, I tried the above command on my > fully-operationa

Non-understood advice - was Re: dist-upgrade from sarge to etch - package

2008-02-06 Thread Felix Karpfen
On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: On Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:54:08 +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > Check for non-Debian packages on your system by running: > > aptitude search '~i!~Odebian' > As an aptitude-novice, I tried the above command on my fully-operational upgrade from