Re: Apt pinning.

2021-12-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 27 nov 21, 10:57:37, Tim Woodall wrote: > > Also, I don't know if this pin is working with a=stable or it's actually > not doing anything useful any more. I cannot find anything that tells me > how the Pin: line actually matches. For diagnosing pinning `apt policy` (with or without , depe

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-29 Thread David Wright
On Mon 29 Nov 2021 at 17:33:35 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Mon, 29 Nov 2021, The Wanderer wrote: > > > > Is there a reason you're using '+' as your separator? > > > Yes - because, for example, squid I'm building with extra settings so I > want my version to be higher than the corresponding b

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-29 Thread Tim Woodall
On Mon, 29 Nov 2021, The Wanderer wrote: Is there a reason you're using '+' as your separator? Yes - because, for example, squid I'm building with extra settings so I want my version to be higher than the corresponding buster/bullseye version. There is no backporting involved. I think this l

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-29 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-11-29 at 11:08, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Sun, 28 Nov 2021, David Wright wrote: > >> I envisaged that what you wanted was: >> >> Debian ver. Task Your ver.Installed (highest) ver. >> 1.0 1.0 >> 1.0 ? 1.0 >> 1.0

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-29 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sun, 28 Nov 2021, David Wright wrote: I envisaged that what you wanted was: Debian ver. Task Your ver.Installed (highest) ver. 1.0 1.0 1.0 ? 1.0 1.0 patch 1.0 1.0 ? 5:1.0

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-28 Thread David Wright
On Sun 28 Nov 2021 at 07:13:09 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, David Wright wrote: > > On Sat 27 Nov 2021 at 19:07:14 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > > > > > > Yes, I don't think I can do this with a generic pin. Maybe pinning > > > origin "" to -100 might work - not sure if that

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-28 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, The Wanderer wrote: > an epoch as high as 9: > ii wodim > 9:1.1.11-3.2 Looks like interesting history. https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/c/cdrkit/changelog-91.1.11-3.2 (when read backwards) shows repeated occasions of what https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfiel

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-28 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-11-28 at 00:03, David Wright wrote: > Epochs are unaffected by any such considerations: they override the > whole versioning system. BTW I can't recall seeing an official Debian > epoch as high as 2: though someone will probably correct me. Oh, it certainly happens. Even just on my own sy

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-27 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, David Wright wrote: On Sat 27 Nov 2021 at 19:07:14 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: Yes, I don't think I can do this with a generic pin. Maybe pinning origin "" to -100 might work - not sure if that will uninstall or downgrade (I'll experiment). I think adding explicit pins to

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-27 Thread David Wright
On Sat 27 Nov 2021 at 19:07:14 (+), Tim Woodall wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Tim Woodall wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me exactly what this Pin line I have actually does - or > > > even better point me to a webpage that has more than "if you want to do > > > this use this"

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-27 Thread Tim Woodall
On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, Dan Ritter wrote: Tim Woodall wrote: Can anyone tell me exactly what this Pin line I have actually does - or even better point me to a webpage that has more than "if you want to do this use this" type of example? (FTAOD I know that this isn't right and is inconsistent but

Re: Apt pinning.

2021-11-27 Thread Dan Ritter
Tim Woodall wrote: > Can anyone tell me exactly what this Pin line I have actually does - or > even better point me to a webpage that has more than "if you want to do > this use this" type of example? > > (FTAOD I know that this isn't right and is inconsistent but before I > start changing it I w

Re: [apt-pinning] always install given package and its deps from unstable

2020-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 ian 20, 10:15:59, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 05:09:36PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > Well, 'apt upgrade' is not allowed to install new packages anyway, > > Actually, it is. You're thinking of apt-get. Ugh, right. Thanks for the correction. Kind regards, Andrei

Re: [apt-pinning] always install given package and its deps from unstable

2020-01-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 05:09:36PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > Well, 'apt upgrade' is not allowed to install new packages anyway, Actually, it is. You're thinking of apt-get.

Re: [apt-pinning] always install given package and its deps from unstable

2020-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 16 ian 20, 08:22:53, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2020-01-16 at 04:38, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > This should work with the same technique used for backports: pin > > unstable to priority 100 (the same priority as installed packages). > > > > New packages must be installed with '-t sid', a

Re: [apt-pinning] always install given package and its deps from unstable

2020-01-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-01-16 at 04:38, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 15 ian 20, 12:12:53, Samuel Henrique wrote: > >> Hello people, >> >> These days I'm wondering what's the correct approach to have the >> following behaviour: >> >> * Using Testing >> * Always install firefox (or some other packages) and its

Re: [apt-pinning] always install given package and its deps from unstable

2020-01-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 15 ian 20, 12:12:53, Samuel Henrique wrote: > Hello people, > > These days I'm wondering what's the correct approach to have the > following behaviour: > > * Using Testing > * Always install firefox (or some other packages) and its deps from the > unstable repository > * Keep downloading u

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-04 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 May 2019 at 23:09:58 (+0200), Emanuel Berg wrote: > tomas wrote: > > >> That's some heavy parsing, only I don't get > >> it to work. I get "no such file or directory: > >> " from the first, apt-cache-dump invocation. > > > > This is because it's spelt "apt-cache dump", > > I guess ;-) >

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-03 Thread Emanuel Berg
tomas wrote: >> That's some heavy parsing, only I don't get >> it to work. I get "no such file or directory: >> " from the first, apt-cache-dump invocation. > > This is because it's spelt "apt-cache dump", > I guess ;-) No, then it says "zsh: command not found:" :) -- underground experts united

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-03 Thread David Wright
On Fri 03 May 2019 at 03:46:50 (+0200), Emanuel Berg wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > $ apt-cache dump | grep -A 2 '^Package:' | grep -B 2 '^ File:' | sed -e > > 'N;N;s/\n/ /g;s/ \+/ /g;N' | grep -v '^--' | sort >> "$Unique1" > > $ dpkg-query -W -f '^Package: ${Package} \n' | grep --file=- "$Un

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:46:50AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > $ dpkg-query -W -f '^Package: ${Package} \n' | grep --file=- "$Unique1" | > > sort > Also I don't understand where the argument > goes? Where is ${Package} defined, even tho it > didn't (for me) even get th

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:30:13AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > Optimally I'd like it like this: > > $ from-what-release w3m-el-snapshot > testing The problem here is the packaging system does not KNOW from which source a package came, after it is installed. The best you can do is try to

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread tomas
On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 03:46:50AM +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > David Wright wrote: > > > $ apt-cache dump | grep -A 2 '^Package:' | grep -B 2 '^ File:' | sed -e > > 'N;N;s/\n/ /g;s/ \+/ /g;N' | grep -v '^--' | sort >> "$Unique1" > > $ dpkg-query -W -f '^Package: ${Package} \n' | grep --file=- "$

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Toni Mas wrote: > apt-show-versions script are useful as well. > apt-show-versions is a package itself. It sure is and it sure is exactly what I'm looking for with no need to parse the output to get it exactly to the point: $ apt-show-versions w3m-el-snapshot w3m-el-snapshot:all/testing 1.4.632+

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
One can also do it like this: $ aptitude versions w3m-el-snapshot Package w3m-el-snapshot: p 1.4.569+0.20170110-1 stable 500 i 1.4.632+0.20181112-2 testing 800 -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Francisco M Neto wrote: >> But is there a way to find out/confirm from >> which release is a certain pack? > > You're looking for apt-cache policy. [...] > > $ apt-cache policy gnome-core > gnome-core: > Installed: 1:3.30+1 > Candidate: 1:3.30+1 > Version table: > *** 1:3.30+1 900 >

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
David Wright wrote: > $ apt-cache dump | grep -A 2 '^Package:' | grep -B 2 '^ File:' | sed -e > 'N;N;s/\n/ /g;s/ \+/ /g;N' | grep -v '^--' | sort >> "$Unique1" > $ dpkg-query -W -f '^Package: ${Package} \n' | grep --file=- "$Unique1" | sort That's some heavy parsing, only I don't get it to work.

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > You can check what branches have the package > you want with "rmadison" command. > > Example: > $ sudo apt install devscripts > $ rmadison linux-image-amd64 > linux-image-amd64 | 3.16+63+deb8u2  | oldstable | amd64, i386 > linux-image-amd64 | 4.9+80+deb9u7  

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-05-02 Thread Emanuel Berg
Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Add file > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99aptitude-list-suite-local > eith the following one-line content: > > aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M%S %p %Z %t %v %V"; > > ...and install and use aptitude in fullscreen > mode (i.e. start it with no non-option > arguments).

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread Toni Mas
apt-show-versions script are useful as well. apt-show-versions is a package itself. Toni Mas Missatge de Francisco M Neto del dia dl., 29 d’abr. 2019 a les 23:10: > > Greetings! > > > On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 05:30 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > > But is there a way to find out/confirm from > > whic

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread Francisco M Neto
Greetings! On Mon, 2019-04-29 at 05:30 +0200, Emanuel Berg wrote: > But is there a way to find out/confirm from > which release is a certain pack? You're looking for apt-cache policy. Example: == $ apt-cache policy gnome-core gnome-core: Installed: 1

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread David Wright
On Mon 29 Apr 2019 at 05:30:30 (+0200), Emanuel Berg wrote: > With apt pinning [1], in /etc/apt/preferences , > I have learned that one can have certain packs > from another release than the rest of the > system, seemlessly (?) with apt-get and the > other tools, for example like this for > w3m-el-

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-29 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 29.04.2019 10:35, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Quoting Emanuel Berg (2019-04-29 05:30:30) >> With apt pinning [1], in /etc/apt/preferences , >> I have learned that one can have certain packs >> from another release than the rest of the >> system, seemlessly (?) with apt-get and the >> other tools,

Re: apt pinning: find out from which system version is a package

2019-04-28 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Emanuel Berg (2019-04-29 05:30:30) > With apt pinning [1], in /etc/apt/preferences , > I have learned that one can have certain packs > from another release than the rest of the > system, seemlessly (?) with apt-get and the > other tools, for example like this for > w3m-el-snapshot: > >

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2014-02-28 Thread theartloy
On 10/10/13 22:06, Dmitrii Kashin wrote: > berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: > >> In the same priority range, the package which will be installed is the >> one with the highest priority, so it is fine to have one set of >> package with 500 ( or I could take 600 or any other value ) for low >>

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-11 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: > Le 10.10.2013 23:06, Dmitrii Kashin a écrit : >> berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: >> >>> In the same priority range, the package which will be installed is >>> the one with the highest priority, so it is fine to have one set of >>> package with 500 ( or

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-10 Thread berenger . morel
Le 10.10.2013 23:06, Dmitrii Kashin a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: In the same priority range, the package which will be installed is the one with the highest priority, so it is fine to have one set of package with 500 ( or I could take 600 or any other value ) for low prior

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-10 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: > In the same priority range, the package which will be installed is the > one with the highest priority, so it is fine to have one set of > package with 500 ( or I could take 600 or any other value ) for low > priority, and the other at 900 ( or 800 or... ),

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-10 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.10.2013 19:28, Dmitrii Kashin a écrit : berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: Since I had to reinstall from my last kernel error, I decided to stay with stable on that computer, but I need some softwares in less outdated versions, like development libraries or i3 ( this one is not a ne

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-09 Thread Dmitrii Kashin
berenger.mo...@neutralite.org writes: > Since I had to reinstall from my last kernel error, I decided to stay > with stable on that computer, but I need some softwares in less > outdated versions, like development libraries or i3 ( this one is not > a need but a question of comfort, I admit ), so

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-09 Thread berenger . morel
Le 09.10.2013 11:17, Marko Randjelovic a écrit : On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:12:46 +0200 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 08.10.2013 22:42, Sven Joachim a écrit : > On 2013-10-08 19:06 +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > >> Since I had to reinstall from my last kernel error, I d

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-09 Thread Marko Randjelovic
On Wed, 09 Oct 2013 00:12:46 +0200 berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 08.10.2013 22:42, Sven Joachim a écrit : > > On 2013-10-08 19:06 +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > >> Since I had to reinstall from my last kernel error, I decided to > >> stay > >> with stable on t

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-08 Thread berenger . morel
Le 08.10.2013 22:42, Sven Joachim a écrit : On 2013-10-08 19:06 +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Since I had to reinstall from my last kernel error, I decided to stay with stable on that computer, but I need some softwares in less outdated versions, like development libraries or i

Re: apt-pinning, strange behavior

2013-10-08 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2013-10-08 19:06 +0200, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Since I had to reinstall from my last kernel error, I decided to stay > with stable on that computer, but I need some softwares in less > outdated versions, like development libraries or i3 ( this one is not > a need but a question

Re: apt pinning for deb-multimedia does not work

2013-06-25 Thread Roland Hieber
On 21.06.2013 15:04, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > I think we didn't understand priorities correctly. Let's see again what > the fine manual (apt_preferences(5)) says: > > […] > As per above output you have 6:9.3-1 installed, which is more recent > than 6:0.8.6-1. Because of this apt wants to jump dir

Re: apt pinning for deb-multimedia does not work

2013-06-21 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 20 iun 13, 20:13:06, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 18 iun 13, 18:00:37, Roland Hieber wrote: > > > But nevertheless, apt still assigns a prio of 500: Actually it doesn't, 500 is the priority of the source, the package itself has 250 (the number behind the version). > > $ apt-cache poli

Re: apt pinning for deb-multimedia does not work

2013-06-20 Thread Slavko
Hi, Dňa 20.06.2013 19:13 Andrei POPESCU wrote / napísal(a): > On Ma, 18 iun 13, 18:00:37, Roland Hieber wrote: >> My preferences look like this: >> >> $ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/*.pref >> Package: libavdevice53 >> Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages >> Pin-Priority: 250 >> I was both

Re: apt pinning for deb-multimedia does not work

2013-06-20 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 18 iun 13, 18:00:37, Roland Hieber wrote: > Hi, > > I want to pin the libav* packages from deb-multimedia so they get a > lower priority than the libav packages in the default Debian repos. > > My sources.list looks like this: > > $ cat /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*list

Re: apt-pinning

2012-07-18 Thread Denis Witt
On 18.07.2012 11:36, Mika Suomalainen wrote: I think that you should replace "n=squeeze" with "a=squeeze" in /etc/apt/preferences.d/php. Hi Mika, according to apt-cache policy the "n" is fine: 500 http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates/main amd64 Packages release v=6.0,o=Debian,a=

Re: apt-pinning

2012-07-18 Thread Mika Suomalainen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 18.07.2012 11:31, Denis Witt wrote: > Hi, > > I have a machine with Wheezy installed, unfortunately I can't use > PHP5.4 due to a third party script which isn't compatible yet. > > So I added the Squeeze-Sources in my apt sources.list and > inst

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-29 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:36:07 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:01:12 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >>> On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: Thanks for the explanation! So why didn't they "just"

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:01:12 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the explanation! >>> So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any >>> updates? >> >> T

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> >> Thanks for the explanation! >> So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any >> updates? > > The new version changed ABI[1], which means all modules compiled aga

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > Thanks for the explanation! > So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any > updates? The new version changed ABI[1], which means all modules compiled against bpo.1 need to be recompiled for bpo.2. [1] http://en.wikipedi

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:55 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 10:45:27, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> >> I was just thinking if it would be better to switch from linux- >> image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae on another machine to linux- >> image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae? >> But maybe the difference

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 mar 12, 10:45:27, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > I was just thinking if it would be better to switch from linux- > image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae on another machine to linux- > image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae? > But maybe the difference isn't immense so I probably shouldn't change the > running system

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:40:47 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:59:42 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Btw what's the difference between linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae and >> linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae and why are bot

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:59:42 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Wow... no need to re-install :-), just be sure about the steps you're >> doing. Whether in doubt, launch aptitude and try from there, it usually >> provides insightful informati

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:14:47 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:13 +, Camaleón wrote: > What do you think it would be better to completely go with testing. >>> >>> Testing is currently quite stable but there a

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:10:08 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:15:10PM +, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need >> a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable >> version doesn't see t

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:15:10PM +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. > I need a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable > version doesn't see the soundcard. So I wanted to install alsa from > testing. >

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:46:27 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> So I thought I'd go with Stable, the kernel from backports and alsa >> from testing. >> Unfortunately this doesn't work. I suppose my problem are wrong apt- >> preferences numbers

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-24 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > So I thought I'd go with Stable, the kernel from backports and alsa from > testing. > Unfortunately this doesn't work. I suppose my problem are wrong apt- > preferences numbers or something like this. Could it be that it's not possible to h

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:14:47 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:13 +, Camaleón wrote: >>> What do you think it would be better to completely go with testing. >> >> Testing is currently quite stable but there are significant differences >> between wheezy and squeeze, like

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-24 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:13 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need >> a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable >> version doesn't see the soundcard. So I

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need > a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable > version doesn't see the soundcard. So I wanted to install alsa from > testing. > And be

Re: apt pinning question

2011-03-30 Thread John Bazik
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 03:35:13PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > Looks broken to me, as well. Perhaps this is worth a bug report? At the very Yeah, that's next. I was hoping I was missing something. > Nothing in /etc/apt/preferences.d? What's the output of (apt-cache policy | > awk

Re: apt pinning question

2011-03-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On 2011-03-30 15:00:45 John Bazik wrote: >My local archive is oldstable (same as lenny), and I have no target >release defined. > >sources.list: > deb http://mymirror/debian lenny main contrib non-free > deb http://mymirror/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://mymi

Re: apt-pinning: repo-names.

2010-12-07 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Boyd: > > 500 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib > >Packages release > >v=None,o=Debian,a=testing,l=Debian-Security,c=contrib > > origin security.debian.org > >... > > > >too, has the same "a" field. Or should I specify all the fields - > >li

Re: apt-pinning: repo-names.

2010-12-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4cfe2cfc.cc7e0e0a.1d1d.4...@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote: >Thank You for Your time and answer, Boyd: >> I use the fields shown by (apt-cache policy) for each repository for >> my pinning. These values ultimately come from the Release file. >> You'll have a local copy in /var/lib/apt/lists.

Re: apt-pinning: repo-names.

2010-12-07 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Boyd: > I use the fields shown by (apt-cache policy) for each repository for > my pinning. These values ultimately come from the Release file. > You'll have a local copy in /var/lib/apt/lists. This local copy is > fetched / updated each time you run aptitude u

Re: apt-pinning: repo-names.

2010-12-07 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4cfdd943.cc7e0e0a.0f16.2...@mx.google.com>, Sthu Deus wrote: >I have a bunch of repos in my apt.conf, they all have some pinning that >I can see w/ > >apt-cache policy > >Manually, I have set (in the apt preferences file) only for few of >them, but they are all set up (I mean pinning). They al

[solved] Re: apt-pinning... and force "old" version.

2010-06-03 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
> Andrei Popescu : >On Mi, 02 iun 10, 12:29:14, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: >> >> I expect the "2.5.5-0.blueline.0" postfix to be candidate, but >> $ apt-cache policy postfix >> Installé : (aucun) >> Candidat : 2.5.5-1.1 >>Table de version : >> 2.5.5-1.1 0 >>100 http

Re: apt-pinning... and force "old" version.

2010-06-02 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mi, 02 iun 10, 12:29:14, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > I expect the "2.5.5-0.blueline.0" postfix to be candidate, but > $ apt-cache policy postfix > Installé : (aucun) > Candidat : 2.5.5-1.1 >Table de version : > 2.5.5-1.1 0 >100 http://mirror.malagasy.com lenny/

Re: apt-pinning: how to avoid installing of all-new packages?

2010-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
>Brian C wrote: > Adrian Zaugg wrote on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:30 -0800 > >> PS: If you see the error: >> >> relocation error: /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3: symbol krb5_hmac, version >> k5crypto_3_MIT not defined in file libk5crypto.so.3 with link time reference >> >> you were hit by the above mentioned

Re: apt-pinning: how to avoid installing of all-new packages?

2010-02-07 Thread Brian C
Adrian Zaugg wrote on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:30 -0800 > PS: If you see the error: > > relocation error: /usr/lib/libkrb5.so.3: symbol krb5_hmac, version > k5crypto_3_MIT not defined in file libk5crypto.so.3 with link time reference > > you were hit by the above mentioned bug. To solve, do the fo

Re: apt-pinning: how to avoid installing of all-new packages?

2010-01-29 Thread Adrian Zaugg
Packages that rely solely on Java or PHP are not problematic to install from Testing. That's what I do here. The suggestion for apt_prefernces Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: -1 does unfortunately not hinder dselect from installing libk5crypto3. Any other suggestions? Regards, A

Re: apt-pinning: how to avoid installing of all-new packages?

2010-01-29 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:46:31AM +0100, Adrian Zaugg wrote: > Dear list > > How do I prevent apt in a mixed stable/testing environment from > installing packages that first time appear in testing using apt-pinning? As I posted, mixed system comes with negatives. Let's look at different s

Re: apt-pinning: how to avoid installing of all-new packages?

2010-01-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4b60d057.9020...@ente.limmat.ch>, Adrian Zaugg wrote: >How do I prevent apt in a mixed stable/testing environment from >installing packages that first time appear in testing using apt-pinning? http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences My setup is mostly stable on my server and (by now) mostly tes

Re: Re: Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-14 Thread Gordon Wrigley
> I wonder if it'll behave any differently if you use aptitude instead of > apt-get. I've never used aptitude before, so after your suggestion I gave it a try and aptitude does behave differently. What it does is it complains of the same problem as apt, then it offers to fix it and in every examp

Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-13 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,12.Dec.09, 22:09:59, Rob Owens wrote: > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 09:49:22AM +1100, Gordon Wrigley wrote: > > Another way to look at this would be to ask... > > > > Given two available versions of a package where the higher version has > > the lower priority, how do I get apt to automatically

Re: Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-13 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 03:57:27PM +1100, Gordon Wrigley wrote: > >> Another way to look at this would be to ask... > >> > >> Given two available versions of a package where the higher version has > >> the lower priority, how do I get apt to automatically install the > >> lower priority one when th

Re: Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-12 Thread Gordon Wrigley
>> Another way to look at this would be to ask... >> >> Given two available versions of a package where the higher version has >> the lower priority, how do I get apt to automatically install the >> lower priority one when the higher version is required to meet a >> dependency? > > If the higher ve

Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 09:49:22AM +1100, Gordon Wrigley wrote: > Another way to look at this would be to ask... > > Given two available versions of a package where the higher version has > the lower priority, how do I get apt to automatically install the > lower priority one when the higher versi

Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-12 Thread Gordon Wrigley
Another way to look at this would be to ask... Given two available versions of a package where the higher version has the lower priority, how do I get apt to automatically install the lower priority one when the higher version is required to meet a dependency? G -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Re: Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-12 Thread Gordon Wrigley
> Are you sure that this applies to *all* lucid sections, including > lucid-updates and lucid-security? I recall reading some blogs that > indicated that Ubuntu's pinning and default release settings don't > work exactly like Debian's. I checked it with apt-cache policy and everything karmic is 5

Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-12 Thread Rob Owens
On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 03:28:19PM +1100, Gordon Wrigley wrote: > I wasn't sure what venue was best to ask this in, so if this is the > wrong place please direct me to the correct place. > > I'm using APT pinning to pull packages from both Ubuntu Karmic(stable) > and Ubuntu Lucid(testing) but I'm

Re: apt pinning question

2009-12-12 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,12.Dec.09, 15:28:19, Gordon Wrigley wrote: > I wasn't sure what venue was best to ask this in, so if this is the > wrong place please direct me to the correct place. Hmm, I would suggest ubuntu-users or similar mailing list, but there is indeed a chance that your question is not Ubuntu sp

Re: apt pinning to blacklist a package

2009-07-11 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 09:58:23AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu,09.Jul.09, 21:50:43, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > That doesn't work either. libmono0 is still installable. > > > > apt-cache policy libmono0 > > > > libmono0: > > Installed: (none) > > Candidate: 1.9.1+dfsg-6 > > Packa

Re: apt pinning to blacklist a package

2009-07-09 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Thu,09.Jul.09, 21:50:43, Rob Owens wrote: > > > That doesn't work either. libmono0 is still installable. > > apt-cache policy libmono0 > > libmono0: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 1.9.1+dfsg-6 > Package pin: (not found) > Version table: > 2.0.1-6 -1 > 500 http://ftp.us

Re: apt pinning to blacklist a package

2009-07-09 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 09:51:54AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > [You wrote to me directly instead of the list. I'm putting it back, > untrimmed, because others could help] > That was unintentional. Thanks for forwarding it to the list. > On Wed,08.Jul.09, 20:20:14, Rob Owens wrote: > > On Wed

Re: apt pinning to blacklist a package

2009-07-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
[You wrote to me directly instead of the list. I'm putting it back, untrimmed, because others could help] On Wed,08.Jul.09, 20:20:14, Rob Owens wrote: > On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 01:24:35PM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Tue,07.Jul.09, 21:38:57, Rob Owens wrote: > > > > > > Since "fakerepo" i

Re: apt pinning to blacklist a package

2009-07-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,07.Jul.09, 21:38:57, Rob Owens wrote: > > Since "fakerepo" is not a valid release, "somepackage" is never > installable. I'm still not sure why my original scheme didn't work. Sounds kind of hackish. When you have troubles with pinning the output of 'apt-cache policy ' helps a lot. Rega

Re: apt pinning to blacklist a package

2009-07-07 Thread Rob Owens
On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 09:12:39PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong... > > I want to prevent a particular package from ever being installed. In > /etc/apt/preferences I have: > > Package: somepackage > Pin: version * > Pin-Priority: -1 > > But the package can s

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread emikaadeo
H.S. wrote: > I suppose you meant 'wrong'. What is the correction? How about the > following? > > ~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 700 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-P

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread H.S.
Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 04:31:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine.

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 04:31:32PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > Hello, > > Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I > want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver > now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. Please read: http://

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-04 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , H.S. wrote: >Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> In , emikaadeo wrote: >>> H.S. wrote: Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread H.S.
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In , emikaadeo wrote: >> H.S. wrote: >>> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >>> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >>> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. >>> >>> I am t

Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

2009-06-03 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , emikaadeo wrote: >H.S. wrote: >> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. >> >> I am thinking of using apt pinning. Something

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