Hundreds of "New Packages"?

[erik1397]

Kenneth Jacker Wrote: 
> [ Ubuntu 5.10 "Breezy Badger" ]
> 
> Every day or so I run 'aptitude', and update the package lists with
> 'u'.
> 
> I did this yesterday and found many hundred "new packages" listed!
> Have others seen this?  Were a whole bunch of new packages added to
> your system(s)?
> 
> If I hadn't run 'aptitude' for weeks, I *might* have expected this.
> But like I said, it may have been one or maybe two days since I last 
> used 'u'.
> 
> Could there really be that much new stuff?  Maybe database corruption?
> 
> Thanks for sharing *your* experiences,
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what is the exact aptitude command you use?


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erik1397