Re: Apt-pinning confusion
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:59:42 +0000, Ramon Hofer wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +0000, Camaleón wrote:
(...)
>> Wow... no need to re-install :-), just be sure about the steps you're
>> doing. Whether in doubt, launch aptitude and try from there, it usually
>> provides insightful information when having to deal with
>> different/mixed sources.
>
> Thanks again for your help, Camaleón!
>
> I now was able to install the backports kernel, nvidia-glx and add
> wheezy alsa.
> The packages which I need for building xbmc are most from squeeze, some
> from backports and some from wheezy.
> I was just trying to install each package from squeeze. If it didn't
> work I went for backports but most of them can't be found there so I
> went for wheezy.
Glad you finally got it working without reinstalling.
> Btw what's the difference between linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae and
> linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae and why are both in the backports
> repos. I was looking at packages.debian.org but couldn't find any
> explenation. Is there a place where I could find more infos?
AFAICT, the last number in ".bpo.1"/".bpo.2" indicates a revision. A
higher number means is the latest one.
More info:
5.6.12 Version
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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