Re: apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove non-installed packages

2004-04-13 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2004-04-06 18:02:35 -0500, dircha wrote: > Vincent Lefevre wrote: > >to stay with 4.2 (I don't know if there is a better solution). > >But apt-get dist-upgrade -s says: > > > >[...] > >Remv x-window-system-core (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) > >[...] > > > >whereas only 4.2.1-12.1 is currently install

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove non-installed packages

2004-04-06 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
hugo vanwoerkom wrote: Vincent Lefevre wrote: I don't understand it either. I have as only entry in preferences: Package: * Pin: origin schuldei.org Pin-Priority: 999 My X packages come from there: deb /http://www.schuldei.org/debian/bruby/ ./ Yet, here too, apt-get dist-upgrade -s gets: [...

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove non-installed packages

2004-04-06 Thread dircha
Vincent Lefevre wrote: to stay with 4.2 (I don't know if there is a better solution). But apt-get dist-upgrade -s says: [...] Remv x-window-system-core (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) [...] whereas only 4.2.1-12.1 is currently installed. Is it a bug in apt-get or what...? Perhaps the problem is arising be

Re: apt-get dist-upgrade wants to remove non-installed packages

2004-04-06 Thread hugo vanwoerkom
Vincent Lefevre wrote: I'm currently using XFree86 4.2 and I don't want to upgrade the X server and X applications for the moment, because of bugs. I've added the following to my /etc/apt/preferences file: Package: xfree86-common Pin: version 4.2.* Pin-Priority: 950 Package: xserver-common Pin: ver