Re: packages removed by Release Manager just reveal older versions

(This question is appropriate for the debian-user mailing list, redirecting.) Dan Jacobson wrote: > there seems no mechanism at present to warn the user that he shouldn't > install it, even if he has done apt-get update from the mirrors. In > bug 202919 you will see I was just lucky something sto

Re: packages removed by Release Manager just reveal older versions

On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 12:42:58AM -0700, Joshua Kwan wrote: > On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 10:08:36AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > Version Table: > > 0.8.0.6 0 > > 500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux SID _Sid_... > [snip] > > I guess I'm hoping for a warning that a package is 'out of fashion

Re: packages removed by Release Manager just reveal older versions

On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 10:08:36AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Version Table: > 0.8.0.6 0 > 500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux SID _Sid_... [snip] > I guess I'm hoping for a warning that a package is 'out of fashion' > when I try to apt-get install it. We're not responsible for your unr

packages removed by Release Manager just reveal older versions

Regarding packages removed by Debian's Release Manager, due to Release Criticial bugs, but say, still looking great here: $ apt-cache policy deity deity: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.8.0.6 Version Table: 0.8.0.6 0 500 cdrom://[Debian GNU/Linux SID _Sid_... there seems no mecha