Re: can't install anything from testing

[Andreas Berglund <andreas.berglund@home.se>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 23:12:24 +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote:
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> > > > > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 07:39:34PM +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote:
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> > > > > > Hi!
> > > > > > I recently reinstalled debian stable on my box, but I would like to run 
> > > > > > some packages from testing. But after the reinstall I can't install 
> > > > > > anything from the testing repository, I get messages of dependencies 
> > > > > > that can't be met for everything. I have searched google and the man 
> > > > > > pages for apt-* and dpkg for a clue but I havent found anything. Does 
> > > > > > anyone now what's going on on or where I should look for a solution?
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> > This is my /etc/apt/preferences
> >
> > Package: *
> > Pin: release a=stable
> > Pin-Priority: 900
> >
> > Package: *
> > Pin: release a=testing
> > Pin-Priority: -1
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>                 ^^
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> $ man apt_preferences 2>/dev/null | grep -A 1 'P < 0'
>        P < 0
>           prevents the version from being installed

My face is currently taking on a crimson colour ;-) I've discovered the
problem isn't with apt, I  just hadn't tested with enough packages. So
the problem only lies with the particular packages I tried to install
from testing.

It didn't make any difference if I changed priority of testing to > -1
though.