Re: xfce 4.6 in unstable
Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Wed,15.Apr.09, 14:19:11, JoeHill wrote:
>
> > So I'm guessing it has something to do with pin-priority? I notice that the
> > output from apt-cache policy includes an '800' for unstable and a '900' for
> > testing.
>
> Because testing has higher priority (900) than unstable (800) apt will
> not install packages from unstable if they are available in testing
> (even if it's an older version). You could force it with
>
> aptitude install -t unstable my_badly_needed_package
I am ashamed. I did read that before in the apt-pinning howto, and forgot all
about it.
Many thanks, my_badly_needed_package is installed and all is so far well :-)
--
J
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