On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:25:06AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > I have a testing system (with a few items built from unstable > sources), and just added unstable to my apt sources.list. As > recommended in the HOWTO, I put > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > in apt.conf. I do not have an apt/preferences file. > > When I tried apt-get upgrade (or dist-upgrade) it wanted to upgrade a > bunch of packages, all from unstable. I tried commenting out unstable > from my sources.list, and apt-get upgrade becomes a no-op. > > I expected apt would not use unstable unless I explicitly told it to. > What am I missing?
You've probably installed one (or more) package(s) with version(s) newer than that available in testing but older than that available in unstable. With a Default-Release of "testing" you've set the priority for "testing" packages to 990, and all other releases that your system knows about to 500. The problem is that installed versions that only exist in /var/lib/dpkg/status get a priority of 100. This means that if the installed version is newer than what is in testing and older than what is in unstable, unstable is seen as a desirable upgrade. Now, when you preform and "apt-get upgrade" it will pull the newer version of the package from unstable _if_ there are new packages that are needed that wouldn't be upgraded of their own accord. > Many of the packages to be upgraded were from mozilla, which is > something I did build from source. So I could sort of see this > drawing from unstable, even if I don't understand why. But others are > definitely not like that, e..g, gnome-pim, install-doc, openuniverse. > > As a side mystery, > # apt-show-versions -a gnome-pin Perhaps you mean "gnome-pim"? To get a better idea of why a package is being upgraded from a specific release take a look at the output of "apt-cache policy $package". -- Jamin W. Collins Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
