Pierre Frenkiel:
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2012, Jochen Spieker wrote:
>
>> In order to "downgrade" from 5:0.7.11-0.1 to 4:0.8-2~bpo60+1 you need to
>> tun 'apt-get install ffmpeg=4:0.8-2~bpo60+1'.
>
> this is an example where aptitude is superior to apt-get:
> with apt-get install (or dist-install), I went into some kind of
> infinite loop of dependencies, while "aptitude install ffmpeg=4:0.8-2~bpo60+1'
> worked.
I didn't have that problem. Is it reproducible?
> But then, what is the use of pinning to 1 the Unofficial Multimedia Packages ?
> It seems that if Marillat cheats about the version number, the solution is to get rid of
> the debian-multimedia.org repo.
Sure, if you only use packages from there that are available from
Debian, too. But I use other packages as well. Whether Marillat's use of
the epoch qualifies as cheating is a question I cannot answer.
J.
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