Re: How to PIN a package?

[Mirto Silvio Busico <mbusico@technip.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:

[...snip....]
>>> I had to downgrade openoffice to version 2.0.3.
>>> Now I need to avoid that this package will b e upgraded again.
>>>
>>> Following the manuals I put in apt files (in /etc/apt):
>>>
>>> apt.conf:
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
>>> Acquire::::Proxy "false";
>>> APT::Default-Release "testing";
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> preferences:
>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Package: openoffice.org*
>>> Pin: version 2.0.3*
>>> Pin-Priority: 10001
>>>       
>
> Maybe the APT::Default-Release "testing"; option interferes with the
> package pinning or the wildcards in the preferences file do not work as
> expected. What is the output of
>
> apt-cache policy openoffice.org
>   
Output is:

msb01:/# apt-cache policy openoffice.org
openoffice.org:
  Installato: 2.0.3-6
  Candidato: 2.0.3-6
  Pin del pacchetto: 2.0.3-6
  Tabella versione:
     2.0.4~rc3-1 1001
        990 http://mi.mirror.garr.it etch/main Packages
 *** 2.0.3-6 1001
         50 http://snapshot.debian.net unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
msb01:/#

> apt-cache policy openoffice.org-common 
>   
Output is:

openoffice.org-common:
  Installato: 2.0.3-6
  Candidato: 2.0.4~rc3-1
  Tabella versione:
     2.0.4~rc3-1 0
        990 http://mi.mirror.garr.it etch/main Packages
 *** 2.0.3-6 0
         50 http://snapshot.debian.net unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
msb01:/#


I don't understand why the preference with 10001 value is not considered.

Regards
    Mirto


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