Re: apt-get package priorities / installing KDE troubles

[Mike Williams <mikew@cortexebusiness.com.au>]

  >>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 16:34:47 +0200,
  >>> "Walter" == Walter Hofmann <walterh@gmx.de> wrote:

  Walter> I'm running an up-to-date "testing" system and I would like to upgrade a
  Walter> minimum set of packages so that I can use KDE 2.2 without useing the
  Walter> rest of unstable. I read the other posts (especially the one about
  Walter> pinning packets) and the /etc/apt/preferences manual page, but I still
  Walter> get some odd effects.

Hi Walter.  Yes, it does look like apt-get is not honouring your
/etc/apt/preferences file.  I had a similar problem at one point, which
turned out to be due to corruption on my local Debian mirror.  See

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=100931

You might want to try running apt-get with "Debug::pkgPolicy" enabled, e.g.

    apt-get -s -o Debug::pkgPolicy=true dist-upgrade

This will show you what priority is being assigned to each Package file.
Hope that helps.

-- 
cheers, Mike

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