Re: can't install anything from testing
Andreas Berglund <andreas.berglund@home.se> wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 23:12:24 +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> >>>>>On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 07:39:34PM +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi!
> >>>>>>I recently reinstalled debian stable on my box, but I would like to run
> >>>>>>some packages from testing. But after the reinstall I can't install
> >>>>>>anything from the testing repository, I get messages of dependencies
> >>>>>>that can't be met for everything. I have searched google and the man
> >>>>>>pages for apt-* and dpkg for a clue but I havent found anything. Does
> >>>>>>anyone now what's going on on or where I should look for a solution?
> >
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >
> >>This is my /etc/apt/preferences
> >>
> >>Package: *
> >>Pin: release a=stable
> >>Pin-Priority: 900
> >>
> >>Package: *
> >>Pin: release a=testing
> >>Pin-Priority: -1
> >
> > ^^
> >
> > $ man apt_preferences 2>/dev/null | grep -A 1 'P < 0'
> > P < 0
> > prevents the version from being installed
>
> My face is currently taking on a crimson colour ;-) I've discovered the
> problem isn't with apt, I just hadn't tested with enough packages. So
> the problem only lies with the particular packages I tried to install
> from testing.
>
> It didn't make any difference if I changed priority of testing to > -1
> though.
Possibly because you are using the -t switch, which is used to override
your default release.
Regards,
Andrei
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