Bug#277037:

[Josh Metzler <joshdeb@metzlers.org>]

On Thursday 21 October 2004 01:36 pm, Chad Davis wrote:
> root@reject:~# apt-cache policy libcupsys2-dev
> libcupsys2-dev:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 1.1.20final+rc1-9
>   Version Table:
>      1.1.21-0.experimental2 0
>         650 ftp://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
>      1.1.20final+rc1-9 0
>         990 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
>      1.1.14-5woody10 0
>         500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
> root@reject:~#
>
> I have experimental in sources.list because I am using it for gnome
> 2.8. I was under the impression things from experimental were always
> last in the policy?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Chad Davis
> cdavis@failedsecurity.com

$ apt-cache policy libcupsys2-dev
libcupsys2-dev:
  Installed: 1.1.20final+rc1-9
  Candidate: 1.1.20final+rc1-9
  Version Table:
     1.1.21-0.experimental2 0
          1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
 *** 1.1.20final+rc1-9 0
        500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Yes - they have a priority of 1.  Do you have experimental pinned at 650 
in /etc/apt/preferences?

Josh