Re: APT Pin Version statements ignored

[Ben Armstrong <synrg@sanctuary.nslug.ns.ca>]

Jim,

On 09/08/2014 12:50 PM, Richardson, Jim (IT) wrote:
> Thank you Ben, it was the linux-complier-gcc package. 
> 
> https://packages.debian.org/wheezy-backports/kernel/linux-image-3.12-0.bpo.1-686-pae

I see that it comes from the linux source package, but I don't see how
it depends on the 3.14 kernel:

Package: linux-compiler-gcc-4.6-x86
Source: linux
Version: 3.14.15-2~bpo70+1
Installed-Size: 251
Maintainer: Debian Kernel Team <debian-kernel@lists.debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Depends: gcc-4.6
Description-en: Compiler for Linux on x86 (meta-package)
 This package depends on gcc 4.6 of the appropriate architecture for Linux
 on amd64, i386 and x32.
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.kernel.org/
Description-md5: d12745555330256e3f2f468387b7a4c9
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename:
pool/main/l/linux/linux-compiler-gcc-4.6-x86_3.14.15-2~bpo70+1_i386.deb
Size: 254980
MD5sum: 0b9af53d41d06519fe93fe3cfc27f730
SHA1: b37c27a801eeba37841236b29e1be986891a023c
SHA256: ff60a9b90ca907ce0aaec2debb06db07c7c5d071fd9e69b0264e98193e12ff82