Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-19 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-05-19 16:06 +0200, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 05:54:27PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom > was heard to say: >> Sven Joachim wrote: >> >>The following packages will be REMOVED: >> >>... grub-legacy{a} ... > > [snip] > >> >>The following NEW packages will be installed: >> >>

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-19 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 05:54:27PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom was heard to say: > Sven Joachim wrote: > >>The following packages will be REMOVED: > >>... grub-legacy{a} ... [snip] > >>The following NEW packages will be installed: > >>... grub-pc{a} ... > >> > >>So why does aptitude pay no attenti

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-19 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 06:00:32PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > It looks to me like something else required grub-pc, and that in > >turn forced grub-legacy to be removed. You could try pinning grub-pc > >at a very low priority to see whether that helps, a

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Freeman wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:32:36AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. Then when I do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I see: The following packages have been kept back: grub and The following packages will be upgraded: ... grub-l

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Daniel Burrows wrote: On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:32:36AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom was heard to say: but when I do 'aptitude full-upgrade' I see: The following packages will be REMOVED: ... grub-legacy{a} ... and The following NEW packages will be installed: ... grub-pc{a} ... So why does apt

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Sven Joachim wrote: On 2010-05-15 17:32 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. Then when I do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I see: The following packages have been kept back: grub and The following packages will be upgraded: ... grub-legacy ... but

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-18 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat,15.May.10, 10:32:36, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Hi, (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. [...] So why does aptitude pay no attention to my pin? Please post the output of 'apt-cache policy grub'. h...@debian:~$ apt-cache policy grub grub: In

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-17 Thread Freeman
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:32:36AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. > > Then when I do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I see: > > The following packages have been kept back: > grub > > and > > The following packages will be upgraded: > ..

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-16 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 10:32:36AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom was heard to say: > but when I do 'aptitude full-upgrade' I see: > > The following packages will be REMOVED: > ... grub-legacy{a} ... > > and > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > ... grub-pc{a} ... > > So why does aptitu

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-15 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2010-05-15 17:32 +0200, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. > > Then when I do 'apt-get dist-upgrade' I see: > > The following packages have been kept back: > grub > > and > > The following packages will be upgraded: > ... grub-legacy ... > > but w

Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude

2010-05-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat,15.May.10, 10:32:36, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hi, > > (on Sid) I pinned grub-legacy, to avoid going to grub2. [...] > So why does aptitude pay no attention to my pin? Please post the output of 'apt-cache policy grub'. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and dev