Aptitude tries to replace backport kernel with older version

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Subject: Aptitude tries to replace backport kernel with older version
From: Robert S <robert.spam.me.senseless@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:11:20 +1100
Message-id: <[🔎] 7093dffb0903102211y42aeac40pae3178079174547f@mail.gmail.com>

I have replaced the stock etch kernel with 2.6.26-bpo.1-686 by adding backports to my sources.list and the following to /etc/apt/preferences:

Package: linux-image-2.6-486
Pin relase a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 999

If I run aptitude and press "G" I get prompted to downgrade my kernel to version linux-image-2.6.18-4-686. Obviously I don't want this to happen.

I wish to resolve this before upgrading to Lenny. What is the correct way of doing this?

TIA.

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