On Dec 2, 2003, at 7:50 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote:
On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 04:52, Barry Hawkins wrote:The problem is that the xserver and xfree86 packages for 4.3.0.1 are no longer appearing in dselect. An initial install as I was learning to use dselect ended up with mostly 4.3.0.1 packages but some 4.2.1packages, so I purged all of the x-related packages. Afterward, only acouple of library packages like libmesa and another one from the4.3.0.1 packages in experimental are showing up. Any idea what I mightbe doing wrong?You're using dselect. :) Seriously though, if apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86 shows the experimental version, I recommend trying an APT frontend like aptitude.
Michel,Thanks for the suggestion. Here is the output of the command you suggested:
localhost:~# apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86 xserver-xfree86: Installed: (none) Candidate: 4.2.1-14 Version Table: 4.3.0-0pre1v4 0 1 ftp://ftp.debian.org main/binary-powerpc/ Packages1 http://http.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
4.2.1-14 0 500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages 500 ftp://debian.mirrors.pair.com unstable/main PackagesSo, when one has two versions of a package, how does said one imply the installation of a particular version? Also, what are those integers prefacing the URIs beneath the version numbers, 1 and 500? I have to wait until tonight to install aptitude. Is it really that much better at dealing with my issue than dselect?
Diligently, -- Barry C. Hawkins All Things Computed site: www.allthingscomputed.com weblog: www.yepthatsme.com