Bug#174378: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#174378: apt: Same problem with pinning versions in apt.conf)

[Hans Fuchs <hans@enova.ch>]

Hi Jason

On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:

> You can check this yourself by using the apt-cache policy function. 
> 'apt-cache policy' will help you verify that your sources have the right
> priorities and 'apt-cache policy php4' will help you understand why a
> particular version has been selected over another (hint: Essentially the
> one with the highest listed source priority starting from the line with
> the ***'s and going up in the list.)

You're right. It is the security.debian.org that installed another version 
of php4.

frija:/home/gucky# apt-cache policy php4
php4:
  Installed: 4:4.1.2-5
  Candidate: 4:4.2.3-8
  Version Table:
     4:4.2.3-8 0
        500 http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch unstable/main Packages
 *** 4:4.1.2-5 0
        500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     4:4.1.2-4 0
        990 http://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch testing/main Packages> 
frija:/home/gucky# 

Sorry for the false alarm. I didn't notice the apt-cache policy 
function. I'll find out proper pinning where security.debian.org wins 
against unstable and write notice about that.

Best,
	Hans