On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Matt Swift wrote: > Suppose I execute 'apt-get update' and receive new Packages files. Then > when I run dselect and choose "Select", the packages I see ought to > reflect the new Package files, but it does not. To see the new > packages, I first must choose "Update" from dselect. No new files are > downloaded, but some extra step takes place which then allows me to see > them from "Select".
If you want to keep dselect up to date then don't use apt-get update, but use 'dselect update' instead. Jason

