Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Didster
Aha... So I assume that basically boils down to apt-get not being able to resolve a dependency at a specific version and instead will always look for and install the candidate version? I need to stick to apt-get really - just because I dont want to re-do 2 tons of documentation ;o) I have manage

Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 01 iul 10, 22:06:49, Didster wrote: > > How can a package that is "not installable" then be installed??! As you've shown in you 'apt-cache policy' those versions are not 'candidate' versions, but aptitude offers alternative solutions (one of the benefits over apt-get), one of them being

Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Didster
I tried this, but it didn't help. I gave package-system a unique name based on the version, but it did the same thing. I didn't try giving all 3 packages their own name based on version (nor would I want to!) Thanks On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Jordan Metzmeier wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGN

Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Didster
Sort of - but it can actually do the install: The following packages are BROKEN: package-system The following packages have unmet dependencies: package-system: Depends: package1 (= 2.1.88) but it is not installable Depends: package2 (= 2.1.88) but it is not installable

Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Jordan Metzmeier
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 07/01/2010 03:51 PM, Didster wrote: > Hi there, > > We use a local apt repository as a means to distribute our own > software. The software is not and will not ever be part of the > official Debian archives. Our software consists of 4 packages,

Re: Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Jo, 01 iul 10, 20:51:05, Didster wrote: [...] > Then "apt-get install package-system" installs package-system 2.0.2 > along with V2.1.99 of the three packages. But "apt-get install > package-system=2.0.1" fails as follows: > > The following packages have unmet dependencies. > package-syste

Local apt repository and specific version

2010-07-01 Thread Didster
Hi there, We use a local apt repository as a means to distribute our own software.  The software is not and will not ever be part of the official Debian archives.  Our software consists of 4 packages, 3 real ones, lets call then package1, package2 and package3 and a overall package that exists to