-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Albert wrote: | I am confused by the meaning of "obsolete and locally installed" as a | category in Synaptic. Just what does this category mean? The | installed and latest versions of "obsolete and locally installed" | software are the same. Furthermore they all seem to be very important | required packages. Thanks to anyone who can clarify. | | Albert Seeems to me that the programs that I compile myself and that do not have an upgrade 'path' at the repository show up as Obsolet and/or locally installed. An example is the dvd libraries. They are not found on the repositories.. At least this is what I've seen.. One of the funny things about synaptic that I've found is the way mine will disappear when it hits whats got be a certain type of problem. For some reason it doesn't like to upgrade python. When I select it and tell it to upgrade the program dies.. - -- Adolph & Sharon Weidanz S/V Time To Paws 43' 1978 Endeavour Ketch -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (MingW32) iD8DBQFAAo2vlC+PSm9+eB0RAiLzAJ9/6imQKan9U10nONHBexki8vvL+gCgj6Yt EKwrBhGoZdf4xEBJ1Jrf8eQ= =+WAc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----