Re: unable to specify -unstable branch for installation

[Jonathan Kaye <jdkaye10@yahoo.es>]

Tom Allison wrote:

> I'm trying to do:
> apt-get install -t unstable dbmail dbmail-pgsql libglib2.0-data
> and I can't seem to "see" the unstable branches.
> 
> sources.list:
> 
> # sources.list generated by apt-spy v3.1
> deb http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ testing main contrib
> non-free deb http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ unstable main
> contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian/ stable
> main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
> contrib non-free
> 
> deb http://debian.nfgd.net/debian unstable main
> ---------------------------------
> 
> apt-get install -t unstable dbmail dbmail-pgsql libglib2.0-data
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Suggested packages:
>    sqlite3
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    dbmail dbmail-pgsql libglib2.0-data
> 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 75 not upgraded.
> Need to get 601kB of archives.
> After unpacking 3441kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu testing/main dbmail 2.2.3-1 [288kB]
> Get:2 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu testing/main dbmail-pgsql 2.2.3-1
> [17.2kB] Get:3 http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu unstable/main libglib2.0-data
> 2.12.11-2 [295kB]
> 
> 
> I didn't even see the last source [debian.nfgd.net] to pick up a later
> package...
Hi Tom,
Do you have a /etc/apt/preferences file that looks something like this?
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 650
Cheers,
Jonathan