Package: apt Version: 0.5.2 /var/cache/apt$ sudo apt-cache check E: Invalid operation check
but: /var/cache/apt$ apt-cache apt 0.5.2 for linux i386 compiled on Mar 4 2001 19:51:04 Usage: apt-cache [options] command ... check - Check the cache a bit The reason for this is that I was (with apt 0.5.0) getting: ~$ sudo apt-get dselect-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: aptitude irquery* libaspell6* libmng* libparted1* libpgsql2* libsnmp4.1* libxosd* lvm powertweak* ppd-gs* smpeg-gtv* starfish* xviddetect* The following NEW packages will be installed: apt-utils bwm debconf-utils debfoster dput gcc-2.95-doc gimp1.2 gimp1.2-nonfree gnomp3 libansicolor-perl libgimp1.2 libmpeg1 libparted2 libtimedate-perl libxosd0 loco mailtools nfs-server opera php-elisp powertweak-extra powertweak-text powertweakd tcpdump tcpstat tcsh xine xmms-goom xmms-synaesthesia xmms-volnorm 6 packages upgraded, 30 newly installed, 14 to remove and 0 not upgraded. E: I wasn't able to locate file for the opera package. This might mean you need to manually fix this package. (due to missing arch) (dpkg -s showed no opera packages, but: /var/cache/apt$ apt-cache showpkg opera Package: opera Versions: 4.0-0beta5-20010103-014(/var/lib/dpkg/status) Reverse Depends: Dependencies: 4.0-0beta5-20010103-014 - Provides: 4.0-0beta5-20010103-014 - Reverse Provides: Oh well, that error doesn't happen now so the apt upgrade must have fixed that problem :-) Adrian Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Windows NT - Unix in beta-testing. GPG/PGP keys available on public key servers Debian GNU/Linux -*- By professionals for professionals -*- www.debian.org
