Re: Debian-Multimedia

[Stuckey <james.stuckey@stud-mail.uni-wuerzburg.de>]

Thanks for the replies.

So I've edited /etc/apt/preferences such:
stuckey@debian:~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences

Package: *
Pin: origin www.debian-multimedia.org
Pin-Priority: 200

And now, when I do "apt-cache policy mplayer" I get:

debian:/home/stuckey# apt-cache policy mplayer
mplayer:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.0~rc3+svn20090405-1+b1
  Version table:
     1:1.0.rc2svn20100219-0.0 0
        200 http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages
     1.0~rc3+svn20090405-1+b1 0
        500 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Packages
     1.0~rc3+svn20090405-1 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I assume that means that when I just removed it, and then reinstalled  
it, that it took it from ftp.de.debian.org.

So with such a configuration, how can I tel it that I want to install  
mplayer from debian-multimedia?

Gruesse,
Stuckey

Quoting Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com>:

> On Sun,21.Feb.10, 23:00:25, Freeman wrote:
>
> > Nevertheless, my read is that if you install one of Marillat's sid packages,
> > it will be 1.) a higher version of the 2.) same release from the 3.)
> > Multimedia distribution.
> >
> > If you set your target release as described to unstable, unstable packages
> > from the debian distribution will receive a priority of 990.  That will not
> > allow an automatic upgrade to a different distribution (Multimedia) but it
> > also will not allow an automatic downgrade from a higher release.
>
> Only debian-multimedia is not a different distribution, just a different
> source:
>
> $ apt-cache policy mplayer
> mplayer:
>   Instalat: 1:1.0.rc2svn20100219-0.0
>   Candidează: 1:1.0.rc2svn20100219-0.0
>   Tabela de versiuni:
>  *** 1:1.0.rc2svn20100219-0.0 0
>         500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Packages
>         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>      1:1.0.rc2svn20091220-0.0 0
>         500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org squeeze/main Packages
>      1.0~rc3+svn20090405-1+b1 0
>         500 http://debian.networx-bg.com sid/main Packages
>         500 http://ftp.at.debian.org squeeze/main Packages
>      1.0~rc2-17+lenny3 0
>         500 http://ftp.at.debian.org lenny/main Packages
>
> As you can see, debian-multimedia and my regular Debian source have same
> priority and setting Default-Release will affect both, but the
> "higher"[1] version from debian-multimedia is still installed
> automatically.
>
> [1] I write "higher" with quotes because the actual version is smaller,
> but Christian Marillat is using an epoch to get his version before the
> official one.
>
> > I think you should just set your target release to unstable and leave
> > Multimedia open.
> >
> > If you have to pin a package with a target release set, you'll have to pin
> > it between 991-1000 to get the upgrade.
> >
> > Package: < package_name >
> > Pin: version < n.n.n* >
> > Pin-Priority: 991
>
> Just pinning debian-multimedia to a lower priority than the official
> source should be enough. What ever you (the OP) are trying out, use
> apt-cache policy <package> to test. mplayer is a good package to test
> because it exists in both repos.
>
> Regards,
> Andrei
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