Different package sources files for different systems package managers

[Colin Law]

On Sat, 20 Feb 2021 at 11:30, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> On one of my computers running UbuntuMATE 21.04 (which is what I am
> now running, on each of my computers), I performed a system update
> today.
>
> The results that I got, between using apt and the system Software
> Updater, caused me to check the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list , as
> (I believe) used by apt, and, the Software Updater -> Settings.
>
> The result surprised me, as the result shows that the two package
> managers use different package sources files.
>
> How do I find what package sources file is used by the system Software
> Updater, so that I can edit it, to ensure that the package managers
> are using the same package sources?

Do you realise that both also include the files in /etc/apt/sources.d
Under the hood I am confident that Software Updater uses apt.

Colin

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