Subject: Re: bug#17625: 24.4.50; All installed packages marked "unsigned", no archive listed

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 03:26:23 -0400

Eric Abrahamsen wrote:

> Getting info on any of these installed packages shows a *Help* screen
> where the "Archive" heading reads n/a,

And this is because nothing records where a package was installed from.
The system seems unprepared to deal with packages having the same name
and version but being provided from different sources. The installation
directory is "NAME-VERSION", with no "SOURCE" component.