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

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:23:54 -0400

>> 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.

That's by design: we shouldn't care where it came from.

        Stefan