Re: XFree86 4.3 in stable sarge - how likely

[Damien Solley <dsolley@student.usyd.edu.au>]

> uccellina:~/Conf!73> dpkg -l xserver-xfree86
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name           Version        Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii  xserver-xfree8 4.2.1-13       the XFree86 X server
> 
> uccellina:/etc/apt# apt-get install -t unstable x-window-system xfonts-base xserver-xfree86 xfonts-100dpi x-window-system-core
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> xfonts-base is already the newest version.
> xserver-xfree86 is already the newest version.
> xfonts-100dpi is already the newest version.
> x-window-system-core is already the newest version.
> 
> Get:1 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main xdm 4.2.1-13 [223kB]
> Get:2 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main xfwp 4.2.1-13 [117kB]
> Get:3 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main xprt 4.2.1-13 [960kB]
> Get:4 ftp://ftp.debian.org unstable/main x-window-system 4.2.1-13 [95.3kB]
> 
> 4.2.1 != 4.3 ??? -- thanks!
> 
> wbr,
> Lukas

You don't seem to have run apt-get update? You need to run that first to
sync file lists with the server.
If you want, you can see the files (including those for Woody and Sarge)
at:
ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/x/xfree86
Damien