On Thu, 2004-11-25 at 06:09 +0200, ocl wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to get a certain package (dbmail) pinned to a > certain version (v2*). > > This package is not part of debian distribution --yet, but > an older version (v1*) does exist for it in the debian > repositories. > > This is the stuff that I added to /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb http://debian.nfgd.net/debian woody/ > deb-src http://debian.nfgd.net/debian woody/ > > deb http://debian.nfgd.net/debian sid/ > deb-src http://debian.nfgd.net/debian sid/ > > deb http://debian.nfgd.net/debian stable/ > deb-src http://debian.nfgd.net/debian stable/ > > deb http://debian.nfgd.net/debian unstable/ > deb-src http://debian.nfgd.net/debian unstable/ > > deb http://debian.nfgd.net/debian experimental/ > deb-src http://debian.nfgd.net/debian experimental/ > > Please notice the 'slash' at the end. It is necessary > for this particular repository. > > When I add the following lines > > Package: dbmail > Pin: release version 2* > Pin-Priority: 1500 > > to the /etc/apt/prefrences file, I would have expected that > 'apt-get install dbmail-pqsql' (i.e PostgreSQL version of > DbMail) would install v2.x, but it does not, it keeps getting > v1.x > > I did try it with 'apt-get --reinstall install dbmail-pqsql' > but the result is the same. Same result with Synaptic too. > > Could someone help, please. > > Cheers, > Ray >
These are considered "trivial" repositories and don't support pinning. That is why you have to add the trailing slash. It's not a release but an actual directory name. You can check the Debian manual for a more in depth explanation of what the difference is. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/repository-howto/repository-howto.html -- Eric Gaumer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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