Thanks! see below.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:59, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Mi, 28 mar 12, 09:40:38, Kjetil brinchmann Halvorsen wrote: > > > > > > > kjetil@kjetil:~$ sudo apt-get install texlive --fix-broken > > > > > > Why the "--fix-broken", do you have broken packages on your system (try > > > 'apt-get check')? > > > > kjetil@kjetil:~$ sudo apt-get check > > [sudo] password for kjetil: > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > No problems here, you can forget about '-f' > > > Then, the output of apt-cache policy: > > [snipped and re-ordered] > > > 650 http://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages > > release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main > > origin ftp.cl.debian.org > ... > > 600 http://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages > > release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main > > origin ftp.cl.debian.org > ... > > 550 http://ftp.cl.debian.org/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages > > release v=6.0.4,o=Debian,a=stable,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=main > > origin ftp.cl.debian.org > > You should be able to install texlive with: > > apt-get install -t unstable texlive > > By the way, in my opinion your setup is a bit too complicated. You would > achieve the same effect with only > > echo 'APT::Default-Release "wheezy";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf > > and no /etc/apt/preferences at all. This would pin wheezy to 990 and let > everything else be priority 500. > Thanks! but what I really want is to pin r-base-*,r-cran-* etc to always come from unstable. How can I augment /etc/apt/preferences to do that? Kjetil > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > -- "If you want a picture of the future - imagine a boot stamping on the human face - forever." George Orwell (1984)
