If I understand correctly, the experiemental repository is set up to have a lower priority then stuff from other distributions (sid for example). This can be changed (and I don't say fixed, because I assume there's a reason this has been done this way), by putting the following in /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 1000 On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 02:33, Timshel Knoll wrote: > On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 01:50:36AM +0200, Xavier Bestel wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed that my GNOME2 install (all from experimental) was quite > > unstable. But when looking at deselect, I found something strange; it > > says: > > > > *** Opt x11 gnome-contro 1.99.10-2 1.99.10-2 The GNOME Control Center for GNOME2 > > > > But when I look at the corresponding file > > /var/lib/apt/lists ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_.._project_experimental_main_binary-i386_Packages > > I see: > > > > Package: gnome-control-center2 > > Priority: optional > > Section: x11 > > Installed-Size: 3056 > > Maintainer: Christian Marillat <marillat@debian.org> > > Architecture: i386 > > Source: control-center2 > > Version: 2.0.0-1 > > > > Perhaps that's why apt-get doesn't want to upgrade it ? I really don't > > know where this discrepancy comes from. > > Could you help me fix this please ? (Cc: me, I'm not on the list) > > > > Thanks, > > Xav > > My guess is that the reason dselect does not show the updated package is > that you have done an "apt-get update" rather than a "dselect update". > The former does *not* update dselect's available packages list. Run > "dselect update" and check it again :-) > > Cheers, > > Timshel > > -- > Timshel Knoll <timshel@pobox.com>, Debian email: <timshel@debian.org> > Debian GNU/Linux developer: http://people.debian.org/~timshel/ > GnuPG public key: finger timshel@debian.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gtk-gnome-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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