[PLUG] Weird Debian problem - apt doesn't list the right packages ...

["Michael Leone" <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

Got a strange problem ... I have a machine running Libranet 2.0 here (it's
a Debian based distribution). It runs DNS and a few other things. I now
want to add DHCP serving to it.

I'm using stable ..

root@handyman:/etc/apt# more /etc/apt/sources.list
# See sources.list(5) for more information

#Libranet
deb http://libranetlinux.com updates-2.0/

#Debian
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free

#Debian Non-US
deb http://non-us.debian.org/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/ stable/non-US main contrib non-free

#Debian security updates
deb ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main contrib
non-free
deb-src ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates main
contrib non-free

Yet, when I tell it to search for DHCP packages ...

root@handyman:/etc/apt# apt-cache search dhcp
adminmenu - Libranet Adminmenu
pump - Simple DHCP/BOOTP client.

'scuse me? According to the web page, there should be

stable  dhcp3-server 3.0+3.0.1rc9-2   (454.1k)
   DHCP server for automatic IP address assignment
stable  dhcp3-common 3.0+3.0.1rc9-2   (174.2k)
   Common files used by all the dhcp3* packages.

I did do a apt-get update. So how come it can't seem to find something so
basic as DHCP? How can I totally remove the apt database of available
packages, and rebuild? Not the database of installed packages, tho.


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