Re: Problem pinning openoffice from lenny-backports

[Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

On 3 Apr 2009, at 7:47 pm, Ken Heard wrote:

> I wanted to install openoffice.org 1:3.0.1-7~bpo50+1 from
> lenny-backports/main to replace version 1:2.4.1-17+b1 provided by
> lenny/main.
>
> First, I added lenny-backports to /etc/apt/sources.list and then ran
> "aptitude update". I decided to use pinning in order to give  
> priority to
> the later verson.  In accordance with the pinning instructions  
> provided
> on the backports instructions page, I created file /etc/apt/ 
> preferences
> with the following content:
>
> Package: openoffice.org
> Pin: release a=lenny-backports
> Pin-Priority: 990
>
> When I ran "aptitude upgrade" openoffice.org 3 was not installed, and
> the following error was returned:

Would it not have been simpler just to have done:

aptitude install openoffice.org/lenny-backports

?

I don't think pinning is necessary here.

Tim


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