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 ^Origin

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 lists: total

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 2

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 and *the

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 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 Debian

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, I can no

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-operational upgrade

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 out -

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 packages on

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

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-operational upgrade

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: aptitude search