Re: apt-get preferring lower priority items?
On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 00:22:50 -0500
Travis Crump <pretzalz@techhouse.org> wrote:
> in /etc/apt/preferences to fix the problem. If you install a package
> from unstable and then the package in the unstable archive is
> upgraded.
> Then the version you have installed is no longer available and
> reverts
> to a pin of 100, but the package just uploaded to unstable has a pin
> of 500 which is greater than 100 and the version number is higher so
> apt wants to upgrade it. This config change gives the newly uploaded
> unstable package a pin of 40 which is lower than any installed
> packages.
Great explanation! Thanks for the help.
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