On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 10:42:55AM -0400, Mark Grieveson wrote: > >Mark Grieveson wrote: > > > >>Hello. A while back I installed Freemind 0.8.0, and it works fine. > >>I run Sarge. . . > >>Synaptic, and apt, however, a month later, have suddenly decided they > >>don't like Freemind 0.8.0. I now get this very strange message when > >>I attempt to do a dist-upgrade: > >> > >>freemind will be downgraded . . . > >> > >>"downgraded"? Since when does apt downgrade programs? What is > >>causing this? Can I somehow tell my computer to stop this? I would > >>like to be able to check for upgrades without my computer deciding to > >>downgrade and delete stuff. > >> > >Hi, > > > >what does "apt-cache policy freemind" (on the console) tell you? > > > >Cheers, Eric > > Hi. This is what "apt-cache policy freemind" says: > > debian:/home/mark# apt-cache policy freemind > freemind: > Installed: 0.8.0+01-4 > Candidate: 0.7.1-6 > Version Table: > *** 0.8.0+01-4 0 > 9 http://eric.lavar.de experimental/ Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 0.8.0-1 0 > 9 http://eric.lavar.de experimental/ Packages > 0.7.1-6 0 > 1001 ftp://gulus.usherbrooke.ca sarge/contrib Packages > > Mark Look into "apt-pinning". you can "pin" a particular package to a specific version and control what apt does with it. something like: Package: freemind Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 1001 in your /etc/apt/preferences file should do it. man apt_preferences. you could also specify a version with Pin: v=0.8.0 A > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org >
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