<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22581" class="yahoo_quoted"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22580" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22579" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22583" class="y_msg_container">Yup, what you described is what I recall doing. <br><br><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22687">I do always `apt-get update` before attempting any changes.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22686"><br></div>I don't recall when I last did `apt-get dist-upgrade`. You might suggest some files that have a date that might give a clue.<br><br>Despite being a real computer, the desktop is LXDE, which is very much like the default for raspbian.<br><br><br> From: Rick Moen <<a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22710" ymailto="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br> To: <a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a> <br> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 10:19 AM<br> Subject: Re: [conspire] How to update packages when Deb is behind?<br> <br>Quoting Paul Zander (<a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1529609816896_22712" ymailto="mailto:paulz@ieee.org" href="mailto:paulz@ieee.org">paulz@ieee.org</a>):<br><br>> <a ymailto="mailto:root@PZ01" href="mailto:root@PZ01">root@PZ01</a>:/etc# cat debian_version<br>> buster/sid<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:root@PZ01" href="mailto:root@PZ01">root@PZ01</a>:/etc#<br><br>Um..., your system thinks it is Debian 9 'buster', which is currently<br>the Debian-testing track, not the Debian-stable track. <br><br>> Apparently I installed from CD in 2015 and updated sources.list, but<br>> missed the other files.<br><br>If you used a conventional Official Debian installer disc, that would<br>have set you to track Debian-stable initially. So, I'm wondering what<br>has happened and what has changed, since then. E.g., the<br>two-active-line sources.list file was _part_ of the contents (apt<br>sources) that would have been appropriate for a Debian-testing system.<br><br>What you're describing _could_ have been caused by first doing a default<br>Debian installation back in 2015, then a short while later someone<br>editing /etc/apt/sources.list to shift to the Debian-testing track but<br>doing an incomplete job of that, and then for whatever reason few or no<br>package update operations occurring over the last few years. <br><br>The latter element would account for your package versions remaining<br>back in bygone days despite the sources.list contents. You tell me: <br>Is this a system on which you haven't done normal package operations<br>like...<br><br> apt-get update<br> apt-get dist-upgrade<br><br>...in quite a long time?<br><br><br>Also, before I make any suggestions for remedying this situation, do you<br>use a Desktop Environment (e.g., GNOME3) on this system? If so, which?<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>conspire mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br><a href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br><br><br> <br><br>----- End forwarded message -----<br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>