Control: tag -1 unreproducible On Mon, 2014-12-22 at 16:59 +0100, Mario Kothe wrote: > The only repository which are active are the stable and backports. So > there is little chance that a newer version was installed. > > This is what was shown when simulate the install of dracut with -s parameter > > root@nova:~# apt-get -s -t wheezy-backports install dracut > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > dmraid exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light heirloom-mailx > libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 lvm2 mdadm psmisc > Suggested packages: > dracut-network mail-reader eximon4 exim4-doc-html exim4-doc-info > spf-tools-perl swaks exim4 mail-transport-agent > Recommended packages: > mailx > The following packages will be REMOVED: > initramfs-tools > The following NEW packages will be installed: > dmraid dracut exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light > heirloom-mailx libdevmapper-event1.02.1 libdmraid1.0.0.rc16 lvm2 mdadm > psmisc [...] > While the installed package requires a higher version it was installed > anyway with a lower version number > > root@nova:~# aptitude show linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64/wheezy-backports > Package: linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64 > New: yes > State: installed > Automatically installed: no > Version: 3.16.7-ckt2-1~bpo70+1 [...] When I tried this in my wheezy+backports VM, apt-get says it will remove linux-image-3.16.0-0.bpo.4-amd64, which is what I would expect. I have no idea why APT is behaving differently for you. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Editing code like this is akin to sticking plasters on the bleeding stump of a severed limb. - me, 29 June 1999
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