Re: Using apt_preferences?
On Sunday 28 October 2001 20:18, John Batistic <johnbat@ihug.co.nz>, wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2001 19:53:32 +0000
>
> John Gay <johngay@eircom.net> wrote:
> > I wanted to update my testing system to KDE2.2.1 and was usingthe info
> > provided by Bruce Miller in his mini-HOW-TO but I'm having problems with
>
> my
>
> > preferences file. The contents of /etc/apt/preferences is:
>
> Maybe a silly question John,
> but have you upgraded to the unstable version of apt?
>
progeny:/home/jgay# dpkg -l apt
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii apt 0.5.4 Advanced front-end for dpkg
progeny:/home/jgay#
This is the version of apt in testing, and it does understand preferences,
I've just got something wrong.
> Old apt doesn't understand preferences.
>
> I have been down your trail. I gave up on Progeny and migrated to pure
> Debian via Libranet.
>
> Regards
>
> John Batistic
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