On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:07:53PM -0500, Haines Brown wrote: > Colin, sorry to be so dense about all this. I write now because I > succeeded by _not_ following your advice :-(, and so naturally would > like to understand why.
You did follow my advice; you just didn't realize it. :) > The actual path to the backported wood postfix file is: > http://people.debian.org/~hmh/woody/hmh/ > postfix/postfix_2.0.16-4.woody.1_i386.deb > > > > but apt-get install fails to see the package: > > > > > > $ sudo apt-get install postfix=2.0 > > > > That's because the version is not "2.0", nor "2.0.16". It's > > "2.0.16-4.woody.1", or any of the others there. You can't leave bits off > > the end of the version number (and even if you could the syntax for > > doing so probably wouldn't be "="). > > I tried > > $ sudo apt-get install postfix_2.0.16-4.woody.1 > $ sudo apt-get install postfix_2.0.16-4.woody.1_i386 > $ sudo apt-get install postfix_2.0.16-4.woody.1* > > But in no case was the file found. I reverted to the "=" and it worked > ;-) > > $ sudo apt-get install postfix=2.0.16-4.woody.1 I didn't say that "=" wouldn't work; I said that *IF* there were some syntax that allowed you to leave bits off the version number (which there is, actually, with "*"), then that probably wouldn't be "postfix=2.0", because "2.0" is a different version number to "2.0.16-4.woody.1". In other words, I was saying that "postfix=2.0.16-4.woody.1" was what you wanted. In general, I think you need to read the APT-HOWTO. It's easily findable on the Debian web site or via Google. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
