Royce Williams wrote:
> Matthew Dunaway wrote, on 12/21/2005 11:21 AM:
>
>> I then tried apt-get upgrade. It gave me a list of about 400 packages to
>> be upgraded.
>> Out of curiosity I checked to see what version of xmms I had. I have
>> version 1.2.10.
>> I then went to the xmms website and the latest version is 1.2.10, the
>> same as what I have now.
>> Why would apt want to upgrade xmms when I already have the latest
>> version??? Do you think the other 400+
>> packages on my computer are the latest versions and there are no
>> upgrades available?
>>
>
> There are sometimes minor variations in packages as they are prepared
> by the package maintainers. These changes usually have revision
> suffixes beyond those of the app itself (like 1.2.10_1, in this case).
>
> -royce
>
>
Well, I'll let the upgrade run tonight while I'm asleep and see what
happens in the morning.
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