On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 10:20:53PM +0200, "J?rgen A. Erhard" wrote: > >>>>> "Joost" == Joost Kooij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Joost> If you do a "dselect-upgrade" with apt-get, it will use the > Joost> dpkg available packages database. > > Bullshit. (Sorry, but I even did an strace on apt-get dselect-upgrade > just now to be sure, and nowhere does it access > /var/lib/dpkg/available). > > It *will* use dselect's package status file for checking which > packages should be installed, but it always does this anyway (both > apt-get upgrade and apt-get dselect-upgrade open /var/lib/dpkg/status, > according to strace).
You are completely right and I was talking bullshit. Apologies to the list. > PS: I wouldn't have reacted so strongly if a) you didn't walk around > here with an aura of "I *always* know what I'm saying" and b) there > hadn't been someone stating that you were one of the most > knowledgeable people on this list. Sorry, but those factors just > *call* for a "cutting down to size once in a while". No need to cut my head off when I've been talking out of my ass. Cheers, Joost
