> > On 22 Jan 2004, Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but apt-get install fails to see the package: > > > > $ sudo apt-get install postfix=2.0 > > > > To get the specified version, I had to specify it, but doing it this > > way results in the error that package not found. I tried 2.0.16 > > also. It seems I'm not accessing the directory holding the package. > > > The settings in sources.list are correct. You can check this with > "apt-cache policy postfix". To install the backported version, you have to > specify either the complete version or an regexp. So both > "postfix=2.0.16-4.woody.1" and "postfix=2.0.16*" should work.
Thanks. I find the postfix has a dependency and so I'm on the path to get it. Hope this is not an infinite regress. You suggested check on whether my sources.list were correct by running apt-cache policy postfix. I tried that and got: E: Invalid operation policy. Where can I read up on this? Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
