apt get vs synaptic pacage monitor

[Richard Mancusi]

On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 19:46, NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Just be aware that I've run across an issue with the jaunty
> "update-manager" that seems to be more of "update-sometimes-manager"
> whereby I:
>
> $ sudo apt-get update
>
>  No updates showup (yet I know they are there)
>
> So then I try the gui "update-manager" and click check
>
>  No updates showup (yet I know they are there)
>
> So then I go to Synaptic and double check; no updates listed. But then I
> click the 'Reload' button which supposedly does the same as 'sudo
> apt-get update' and what do you know: 33 updates show up. Did this on
> two machines today, both with the exact same results. No clue/time to
> figure out the issue (yet), but in these cases Synaptic won out.
>

What happens if you update via "System/Administration/Update Manager"
and then click on "Check"?

-rich