Re: Why backports packages not deactivated
Hello
T (<mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>) wrote:
> I've been following the "Debian Backports - Instructions"
> at http://www.backports.org/instructions.html
> to use backports so as to _deactivate_ all packages from
> backports.org by default.
No. You don't decativate them, you pin them to a lower priority than
500. 500 ist the default priority for packages available from some
repository.
> This is the to-be-wrongly-updated package:
>
> $ apt-cache policy hplip-ppds
> hplip-ppds:
> Installed: 0.9.3-3
> Candidate: 0.9.7-3bpo1
> Version Table:
> 0.9.7-3bpo1 0
> 200 http://www.backports.org sarge-backports/main Packages
^^^
> *** 0.9.3-3 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
^^^
>
> It will be automatically updated from sarge to backport.
> Why?
It is upgraded because the installed version has a lower priority
(100<200). It has a lower priority because that version is not
available in any archive. Probably because that version is outdated. By
the way, where did you get it from? It is not part of stable. I
recommend that you either upgrade or pin the installed version to >
200.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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