apt discrepancy?

[Jordon Bedwell]

On 6/7/2011 5:45 PM, Dave Stevens wrote:
> When I log in I get this:
> 
> 66 packages can be updated.
> 43 updates are security updates.
> 
> but when I do this:
> 
> root at sandbox:/var/log/apt# apt-get upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> root at sandbox:/var/log/apt# 
> 
> so WTF?

If it's on login that junk is said, it's most likely not an apt
discrepancy, just a MOTD glitch and didn't update the MOTD when you last
updated, possibly.  What happens with you do:

apt-get clean
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade