On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 2:22 AM, Teresa e Junior <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 19:16:24 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: >> >> On Sat, Apr 25, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Teresa e Junior >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 17:35:29 -0400, Kynn Jones wrote: >>>> >>>> $ apt-cache policy sudo >>>> sudo: >>>> Installed: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 >>>> Candidate: 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 >>>> Version table: >>>> *** 1.8.5p2-1+nmu2 0 >>>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >>>> 1.8.5p2-1+nmu1 0 >>>> 500 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ stable/main amd64 >>>> Packages >>>> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable/main amd64 >>>> Packages >>> >>> >>> If you disable a repository, its packages will appear as if they were >>> locally installed (/var/lib/dpkg/status). >> >> >> Thanks, that's good to know. I did disable a repo I'd used for >> backports, but replaced with another (I was not being able to connect >> reliably to the first one). > > Backports may be related too, but your sudo example is from wheezy security, > see https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=sudo
I see your point, and I must confess I'm a bit puzzled. My policy is to always have security.debian.org enabled in my sources.list, so I'm at a loss to explain how the `apt-cache policy` output I posted happened. The evidence you point to, though, is pretty clear, so I stand corrected. Thanks, BTW, for showing me another way to find out where an installed package comes from. Recently I've had quite a few situations in which that bit of know-how would have been handy, but it didn't occur to me. >> I'm considering going back to apt, even though most of the advice I've >> read on apt vs aptitude leans in favor of the latter. After this >> experience, I've lost trust in aptitude. > Probably old advice, apt is the most recommended nowadays. Good to know. Thanks for all your help! kj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAFvQaj4RjsyjdOKvidYDJCDNoZZbwaNPD9rPC3dxvO=0ogm...@mail.gmail.com
