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Re: can't install xfdesktop from unstable



David Fox wrote: 

> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM, JoeHill <joehill@teksavvy.com> wrote:
> 
> > node1:/home/joehill# apt-cache policy xfdesktop4
> > xfdesktop4:
> >  Installed: (none)
> >  Candidate: 4.4.2-7
> >  Version table:
> >     4.6.0-2 0
> >        800 http://debian.yorku.ca unstable/main Packages
> >        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >     4.4.2-7 0
> >        900 http://debian.yorku.ca testing/main Packages  
> 
> Hmm. So pinning here would prefer to install the older version of the
> package, which isn't what you want. I think that using 'aptitude -t
> unstable install' and listing both packages might help, but if Boyd is
> seeing a more recent version of xfdesktop-data than the one on
> yorku.ca, maybe your mirror is just not synced yet, or you might try
> another mirror. Or, wait a little while for the packages to sync.

That was it exactly, and wow what a difference a few hours makes.

120 new updates, most of gnome it looks like, and an ffmpeg that's only 2 weeks
old. Aaaaaaaw yeeeeeeeeah ;)

Cheers mate.

-- 
J


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