> [My problem was being unable to set up a local repository with pinning]
As far as I'm concerned, this was a trememndous feat of collaborating to save a poor sap some serious chunks of time. Exactly both of these things mentioned below were the problem. Even with this advice, it still took me quite a while to get everything right. You better believe that when I saw that "The following packages will be DOWNGRADED" message, I was spinning in my chair. On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 01:25:52PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > The problem is that you are setting up a trivial repository. Pinning > does *not* work with trivial repositories. Check out my HOWTO on > automatic repositories [0]. Though you may want to also make use of a > more automated tool, like dak or debarchiver. My HOWTO is target at > smaller repositories that change infrequently enough to be handled > manually. If your repository will be changing more regularly, you will > want a tool to do more of the work for you. > > -Roberto > > [0] http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto/?page=debrepository and > 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 Thanks! -rjk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
