Package: apt Version: 0.5.28.6 Severity: normal
I am trying to downgrade libmailutils0 and mailutils back to woody. In my preferences, woody is pinned to 9999, and all the rest to negative values as you can see below. Here's apt-cache policy: marie:~# apt-cache policy libmailutils0 libmailutils0: Installed: 1:0.6.1-4 Candidate: 1:0.6.1-4 Version Table: 1:0.6.90-1 0 -40 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages -40 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages *** 1:0.6.1-4 0 -150 http://ftp.us.debian.org stable/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 20020409-1woody2 0 500 http://security.debian.org woody/updates/main Packages 20020409-1 0 -150 http://ftp.us.debian.org woody/main Packages Now, let's try downgrading: marie:~# apt-get -u install libmailutils0 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done libmailutils0 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Nothing happens at all. -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Cache-Limit "14194304"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "if dpkg -s apt-listbugs | grep -q '^Status: .* ok installed'; then /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || ( test $? -ne 10 || exit 10; echo 'Warning: apt-listbugs exited abnormally, hit enter key to continue.' 1>&2 ; read a < /dev/tty ); fi"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=woody Pin-Priority: 9999 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: -40 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: -40 Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: -200 Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: -150 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r1 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20021218)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main ### woody deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ woody main non-free contrib #deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ woody main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ woody main non-free contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ woody main non-free contrib deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free ### stable deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free #####################TESTING deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib #deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib ##deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib ##deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free ##deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free #############UNSTABLE deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib ### no more? ##deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib ## no more? ## deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-k7 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-4sarge1 GCC support library ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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