On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:45:06 -0400, Ryan King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On glumble.example.net, I have: > /etc/apt/sources.list > deb http://apt.example.net binary/ > # ... normal repo's > /etc/apt/preferences > Package: * > Pin: release o=Example > Pin-Priority: 900 [...] > The setup works for the simple cases of when we put a package up > that's newer than the one in the distro's repository, but the pinning > seems to have no effect. If I upload libfoo-perl.0.deb, it doesn't > take preference over the distro's libfoo-perl.1.deb. You need to set a priority > 1000 to force a downgrade. Pinning priorities are a bit strange; different numbers mean different things. Read 'man apt_preferences' for all the gory details. -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA Key available at wwwkeys.pgp.net. Encrypted e-mail preferred. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
