Florian Sukup wrote: [snip]
> > >The problem: > > >testing is my target release. In my sources.list there the following > > >entries: > > > > > >deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main > > >deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian stable main non-free contrib > > >deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib > > >deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib > > >deb http://www.linex.org/sources/linex/debian sarge linex > > >... > > > > > ># apt-cache policy mozilla-firefox > > >mozilla-firefox: > > > Installed: 1.0.6-1.linex1 > > > Candidate: 1.0.6-1.linex1 > > > Version Table: > > > 1.0.6-5 0 > > > 400 http://ftp.at.debian.org unstable/main Packages > > > *** 1.0.6-1.linex1 0 > > > 990 http://www.linex.org sarge/linex Packages > > > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > > 1.0.4-2sarge3 0 > > > 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages > > > 990 http://ftp.at.debian.org testing/main Packages > > > 1.0.4-2 0 > > > 400 http://ftp.at.debian.org stable/main Packages > > > > > >But this is not what I want. I want to have 1.0.4-2sarge3 0 installed. [snip] > > then include something like > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=unstable > > Pin-Priority: 500 > > > > in /etc/apt/preferences (again may need to create) > > > > This should prevent unstable packages being given the same, or higher > > priority as testing. > I tried that but didn't work. Seems logical to me. The linex packages > are also denoted as testing. Therefore, this doesn't work. [snip] >From the output of apt-cache, the LinEx package is labeled "sarge", which is Stable, not Testing. You should therefore add the following to /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 500 Or rather: Package: * Pin: release a=Etch Pin-Priority: 1000 The latter would directly give a higher priority to Etch packages, and make you forget about stable or unstable. Some say a=Etch is not supported, and that it should read a=testing. I have a=Etch and it is working so far. Do any of the two /etc/apt/preferences inputs I give do the trick? However, one would wonder why you include the 4th and 5th lines of your /etc/apt/sources.list... why not just comment them out? Basajaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
