Solved (was Re: [CLUE-Tech] Debian package build problem)

[Crawford Rainwater]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us
> [mailto:clue-tech-admin at clue.denver.co.us]On Behalf Of Matt Gushee
> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 2:30 PM
> To: clue-tech at clue.denver.co.us
> Subject: Solved (was Re: [CLUE-Tech] Debian package build problem)
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 11:29:33AM -0600, Crawford Rainwater wrote:
> > There is an apt-get function that will list the current
> > packages on the machine 
> 
> Unfortunately I don't use apt-get. I tend to have a lot of customized
> stuff, and I haven't figured out how to configure apt-get to meet my
> needs. Also, on the problem machine, I'm running XFree86 4.1, which 
> I installed from the unofficial binary packages. Ever since I did that,
> dselect (so I presume apt-get too) has tagged all other packes on my
> system as Obsolete, so I don't dare use it any more. I just install
> everything with dpkg.
> 

apt-get is a script built off of dpkg (if I recall correctly).
Also, it depends on what you have on your sources.list file for
items, since I am guessing XFree86 might be part of "testing"
or "unstable" depending on where things are at with that
particular package for Debian.

Just some more thoughts.

--- Crawford