Re: packages available, but apt-get won't offer to install them
On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 12:10:09PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote:
> >>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey Baker <jwbaker@acm.org> writes:
>
> Jeffrey> Hello, I had the strangest problem tonight. There are new
> Jeffrey> versions of many GNOME 2 packages, but apt-get does not offer
> Jeffrey> to upgrade them. For example, the gnome-panel2 package was at
> Jeffrey> 2.0.0-1 according to apt-cache show, and the installed version
> Jeffrey> was 1.5.something. But, when I did apt-get install
> Jeffrey> gnome-panel2, apt-get refused and said gnome-panel2 is already
> Jeffrey> the latest version.
>
> [...]
>
> This is actually normal behaviour. You'll need to tweak things in order
> for experimental packages to automatically update:
>
> # man apt_preferences
>
> ...
> CANDIDATE VERSION POLICY
> Internally APT maintains a list of all available
> versions for all packages. If you place multiple
> releases or vendors in your sources.list(5) file
> then these features are available. By default APT
> selects the highest version from all automatic
> sources. *Some sources, such as project/experimental
> are marked Not Automatic - these fall to the bottom
> of the selection pile.*
> [emphasis mine]
> ...
> 0 to 100
> Non automatic priorities. These are only
> used if the package is not installed and
> there is no other version available.
> ...
>
>
> You should look through the rest of the man page to find out how to make
> it do what you want it to. (If you want the quick-and-easy answer, then
> you shouldn't be using the experimental packages in the first place.)
Ah ha! I didn't suspect that APT was intentionally doing this. I
have tweaked my preferences to automatically pick up the relevant
GNOME 2 packages from experimental. Thanks for the tip.
-jwb
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