On Du, 19 iul 20, 14:27:24, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: > > Aside: The funny thing to me (which someone might comment on) -- I absolutely > know that the old version of openssh-client is installed (by running ssh -V), > but I ran apt-get again (after installing openssh-server) and it tells me that > openssh-client is the latest version, which is pretty much a clear lie. "the latest candidate version" would be more accurate. If you think this wording is an improvement feel free to file a wishlist bugs against 'apt' (the package). > But, ok. Somewhere, during my reading / googling before solving the problem, > I came across the word "pin" (or pinned) and I was looking for an apt-get or > other command to find out which packages might be pinned (to the best of my > knowledge, I've never intentionally pinned anything on my Wheezy installation > (which, by the way, is what I was dealing with). > > I'm guessing that someone would describe the situation of the old openssh- > client as being pinned, but does that word ever appear somewhere to describe > the situation? (I mean like, can you run apt-get (or something else) and get > a list of pinned packages with the word "pinned" next to them? You are looking for 'apt policy' (with no package). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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