Re: Problem pinning openoffice from lenny-backports
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Tim Cutts wrote:
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> Would it not have been simpler just to have done:
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> aptitude install openoffice.org/lenny-backports
That is what in effect I did, but with a slightly different command:
"aptitude -t lenny-backports install openoffice.org", which was successful.
> I don't think pinning is necessary here.
No, it is not; but I thought I would take the opportunity to learn how
to pin. Obviously I failed.
I did however want to be able to have backport packages upgraded
automatically in accordance with the following from the backports
instruction page:
If you want to get your packages from backports upgraded automatically
the following entry in /etc/apt/preferences should be sufficient:
Package: *
Pin: release a=lenny-backports
Pin-Priority: 200
After I got OpenOffice.org version 3 running I put those three lines --
and *only* those three lines -- in file /etc/apt/preferences. Then when
I ran aptitude update I got back the same error message:
E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header
So I still don't know how to pin, and I would still like to know what I
am doing wrong, in particular so that I can have backport packages
upgraded automatically.
Ken Heard
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