Hi, I have kde, and gnome installed from unstable, and as packages get upgraded, and dependancies change, or new versions are available in unstable, I more often than not, have apt-get trying to remove 50-100 packages instead of getting the needed packages from unstable.
If I read the apt_preferences manual correctly, once a package has been installed from unstable, and it hasn't been put into my highest priority entry (testing), then future upgrades should be from unstable for that package. Did I do something wrong, or is this a bug? # apt-get -ut unstable install kdelibs-data Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 libarts1 The following packages will be upgraded kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4 libarts1 4 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 170 not upgraded. Need to get 12.6MB of archives. After unpacking 643kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Compare this to: Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... The following packages will be REMOVED: amor ark artsbuilder atlantik cdbakeoven eyesapplet fifteenapplet flashkard kaboodle kaddressbook kalarm kalzium kamera kandy kaphorism kappfinder karbon karm kasteroids kate katomic kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbattleship kbear kblackbox kbounce kcalc kcharselect kchart kcmlinuz kcoloredit kcontrol kcpuload kcron kdat kde kde-amusements kde-core kdeaddons kdeaddons-kfile-plugins kdeadmin kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork kdeartwork-style kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-kio-plugins kdeedu kdegames kdegraphics kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelibs kdelibs-bin kdelibs4 kdemultimedia kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdemultimedia-kio-plugins kdenetwork kdenetwork-kfile-plugins kdepasswd kdepim kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-libs kdeprint kdesktop kdessh kdetoys kdeutils kdf kdict kdm kdvi kedit keduca kenolaba kfax kfind kfloppy kformula kfouleggs kgeo kget kghostview kgpgcertmanager khangman khelpcenter khexedit kicker kicker-applets kiconedit kile kit kiten kivio kjots kjumpingcube klaptopdaemon klettres klickety klines klipper kmahjongg kmail kmailcvt kmenuedit kmerlin kmessedwords kmid kmidi kmines kmix kmoon kmplot kmrml knapster2 knetfilter knetload knewsticker knode knotes kodo koffice koffice-data koffice-libs kolf konq-plugins konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konquest konsole kontour kooka korganizer korn koshell kpackage kpager kpaint kpat kpercentage kpersonalizer kpf kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler kppp kpresenter krdc krec krecord kreversi krfb krita kruler krusader ksame kscd kscreensaver kshisen ksim ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris ksmserver ksnake ksnapshot ksokoban kspaceduel ksplash kspread kstars ksync ksysguard ksysv ktalkd kteatime ktexmaker2 ktimer ktip ktouch ktron ktuberling ktux kugar kuickshow kuser kverbos kview kviewshell kvoctrain kweather kwin kwin4 kword kworldclock kxconfig kxmlrpc libarts1-mpeglib libkdeedu1 libkdegames1 libkdenetwork2 libkonq4 libkregexpeditor libkscan1 lskat megami mpeglib noatun noatun-plugins qtella-kde quanta secpolicy The following packages will be upgraded kdelibs-data 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 213 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/5060kB of archives. After unpacking 278MB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] here is my apt preferences file: package: * pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 711 package: * pin: release o=Debian Pin-Priority: 722 sources.list: #Stable #deb http://http.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 #Testing deb http://http.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 #Unstable deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free #Security deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free #Proposed Updates deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable-proposed-updates main non-free contrib deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing-proposed-updates main non-free contrib #Open Office #deb ftp://ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice unstable main contrib #deb http://www.phy.olemiss.edu/openoffice/ testing main contrib #deb http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice/ unstable main contrib #Coda #deb http://www.coda.cs.cmu.edu/pub/coda/linux debian/binary-$(ARCH)/ #Samba Stable #deb http://people.debian.org/~peloy/samba stable main -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
