Re: Pin package to "any version, don't remove"?

[The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>]

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On 07/30/2014 04:05 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:

> On Ma, 29 iul 14, 22:52:15, The Wanderer wrote:
> 
>> ========
>> Package: removal-prevention
>> Pin: version 1.0
>> Pin-Priority: 1001
>> ========
>> 
>> produces no change in behavior; dist-upgrade still wants to remove
>> removal-prevention, and the packages it depends on.
>> 
>> Similar things happen with "Pin: version *" on fglrx-driver or on
>> other such packages; that's what I tried before even starting this
>> thread.
>> 
>> If it weren't for the fact that the iceweasel and icedove pins (in
>> the same file) are being respected, I'd be tempted to wonder
>> whether my preferences file was even being read...
> 
> 'apt-cache policy removal-prevention' will tell.

Ah, so that's what that was about.

Yes, that confirms it, showing '1.0 1001' instead of '1.0 0'. So the
problem is somewhere else, or there's something we're missing, or this
just plain can't be done with current tools...

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