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Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update

From	David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update
Date	2018-04-07 17:20 +0200
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On Fri 06 Apr 2018 at 08:54:56 (+0000), Curt wrote:
> On 2018-04-06, David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Certainly I have no proof except my experience
> >
> > Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you've shared any.
> 
> I've found something ambivalently concrete.
> 
>  Note
>  Since apt / apt-get and aptitude share auto-installed package status
>  (see Section 2.5.5, “The package state for APT”) after lenny, you can
>  mix these tools without major troubles (see Bug #594490).
> 
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_basic_package_management_operations
> 
> Not *that* reassuring. Who wants *minor* troubles, anyway? I look at them
> binarily; you can't be a little bit pregnant.

And what symptoms of mixing and matching are shown here (in view of
the continuing lack of recounted experiences)?

Cheers,
David.

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apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update Jean-Baptiste Thomas <cau2jeaf1honoq@laposte.net> - 2018-03-27 20:00 +0200
  Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after  update Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-27 20:30 +0200
    Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after  update Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-27 21:00 +0200
  Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after  update Abdullah Ramazanoglu <ar018@yahoo.com> - 2018-03-27 21:30 +0200
  Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-03-28 00:50 +0200
    Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-03-28 09:40 +0200
      Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-04-06 00:40 +0200
        Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-06 02:40 +0200
          Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-04-06 11:00 +0200
            Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-07 17:20 +0200
  Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update "John Crawley (johnraff)" <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-03-28 03:10 +0200
    Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after  update Jean-Baptiste Thomas <cau2jeaf1honoq@laposte.net> - 2018-03-28 21:10 +0200
      Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-03-29 01:00 +0200
      Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-03-29 01:10 +0200
        Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after  update Jean-Baptiste Thomas <cau2jeaf1honoq@laposte.net> - 2018-04-02 11:00 +0200
          Re: apt{-cache,-get,itude} show wrong version of package after update David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-04-02 17:50 +0200

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