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Re: apt-get preferring lower priority items?



>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Juranich <sjuranic@ee.washington.edu> writes:

[...]

Steve> coffee (steve)$ apt-cache policy wine
Steve> wine:
Steve>   Installed: 0.0.20021031-1
Steve>   Candidate: 0.0.20021031-1

[...]

Steve> So, the package in testing has higher priority, but for some
Steve> reason aptitude (and by extension, apt-get), preferred the
Steve> package in unstable.

So you already have the sid version installed.  apt-get doesn't
downgrade packages unless the priority of the older version is greater
than 1000.  See man apt_preferences for more details on what different
priority levels mean (under Candidate Version Policy).

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