Ok, after spending some more time with the manpages, I figured out my own problem:
Pin: release a=wheezy Should have been: Pin: release n=wheezy Apparently it makes a distinction between the code name, and release type like "stable" or "testing." On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Brendan Miller <catph...@catphive.net> wrote: > Further troubleshooting info: > > I ran apt-get policy and it appears my preferences aren't getting > picked up. Does anyone know why this might happen, or what can be done > to force the preferences file to reload? > > apt-cache policy > Package files: > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > release a=now > 500 http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian/ wheezy/contrib amd64 Packages > release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib > origin ftp-mirror.internap.com > 500 http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 Packages > release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main > origin ftp-mirror.internap.com > 500 http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian/ squeeze/contrib amd64 Packages > release v=6.0.6,o=Debian,a=stable,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=contrib > origin ftp-mirror.internap.com > 500 http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian/ squeeze/main amd64 Packages > release v=6.0.6,o=Debian,a=stable,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=main > origin ftp-mirror.internap.com > Pinned packages: > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Brendan Miller <catph...@catphive.net> wrote: >> I'm on debian stable (squeeze), but would like to be able to install a >> few packages from testing (wheezy). I tried to set up apt pinning, but >> it doesn't seem to work quite right. When I apt-get install something >> now, it all comes from wheezy even if there are squeeze versions of >> the package. It's almost like the preferences file isn't getting read. >> >> Is there anything wrong with the configuration below? Is there any way >> to get apt to spit out it's internal model of the priorities so I can >> verify that everything is actually getting loaded? >> >> /etc/apt/preferences: >> >> Package: * >> Pin: release a=squeeze >> Pin-Priority: 700 >> >> Package: * >> Pin: release a=wheezy >> Pin-Priority: 650 >> >> /etc/apt/sources.list: >> >> # Debian packages for squeeze >> deb http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian/ squeeze main contrib >> >> # Wheezy >> deb http://ftp-mirror.internap.com/pub/debian/ wheezy main contrib -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cadoo-jw4nweul5lnlhh3wqu-8otbqdg49sp24a3e0tlb2b9...@mail.gmail.com
