sean finney on Thu, 13 Mar 2003 13:31:05 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] how to know which debian


On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 12:53:16PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I have a machine where I don't trust /etc/apt/sources to be
> correct. (In other words, maybe it used to point to testing or
> unstable, but now it says stable, or maybe it hasn't been updated and
> upgraded in a long time.)
> 
> Is there an easy way to find out what I'm running?

first, i'd nuke anything you have cached:

apt-get clean

then 

apt-get update

and load up dselect.  i think all the packages that aren't in woody will
be in a section called something like "obsolete/local" (but i haven't
used dselect in ages so don't take my word for it).


	sean

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