Re: problem installing cups-pdf on live-build

[Robert Spiteri <rspiteri01@gmail.com>]

Thanks for your reply...

> By either putting the .deb in the appropriate directory of the lb config
> tree or by apt-pinning.

I prefer not to use apt-pinning because I prefer my deb files to be
from the stable repository but thanks for the tip.

> I haven't tried to include cups-pdf since then. I'll give it another
> shot one of the next weekends. Maybe I'll even have to re-open that bug
> report.

Yes I guess it is a bug unfortunately. Thanks for your time.

On 10 August 2012 17:55, Daniel Reichelt <debian@nachtgeist.net> wrote:
>> How can I setup live-build to install a different version of cups?
>
> By either putting the .deb in the appropriate directory of the lb config
> tree or by apt-pinning. Both methods are covered by the manual.
>
>
>>> The (supposed to be) fixed package version is 2.5.1-3. What is the
>>> package version that is installed in your build?
>
> I last tried it back then when the bug was closed. However I can't
> exclude "special circumstances" with my build system back then, e.g.
> s.th. like cupsd from the host system wasn't running during the build.
>
> I haven't tried to include cups-pdf since then. I'll give it another
> shot one of the next weekends. Maybe I'll even have to re-open that bug
> report.
>
> Daniel



-- 
Robert