Your message dated Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:05:16 +0200 with message-id <4904791C.3020501@gmail.com> and subject line closing #502393 has caused the Debian Bug report #502393, regarding /etc/apt/preferences not read? to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 502393: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=502393 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: /etc/apt/preferences not read?
- From: Sebastian Niehaus <niehaus@web.de>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:17:53 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20081016081753.5323.1532.reportbug@localhost.localdomain>
Package: apt Version: 0.7.14+b1 Severity: normal Sorry, I am not sure if this is a bug or a PEBKAC. I do not want to use gpsdrive from the repository at gpsdrive.de but I want to use opensteetmap-josm from there. [10:16:12][niehaus@crystalline:~]$ apt-cache policy gpsdrive gpsdrive: Installiert: 2.10svn19638140 Kandidat: 2.10svn20159263 Versions-Tabelle: 2.10svn20159263 0 500 http://www.gpsdrive.de testing/main Packages 2.10svn20159216 0 500 http://www.gpsdrive.de testing/main Packages *** 2.10svn19638140 0 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.10pre6 0 500 http://www.gpsdrive.de testing/main Packages 2.10pre5 0 500 http://www.gpsdrive.de testing/main Packages 2.10pre4 0 500 http://www.gpsdrive.de testing/main Packages 2.10~pre4-6.dfsg-1 0 500 http://ftp2.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages [10:16:22][niehaus@crystalline:~]$ For some reason the priority is not set according to what I intended. What is wrong? apt or me? Thanks :-) Sebastian -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Periodic ""; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1"; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- ############################################### ## ## gpsdrive, see http://www.gpsdrive.de/development/debian.shtml ## Package: gpsdrive* Pin: origin "http://www.gpsdrive.de"; Pin-Priority: 100 Package: gpsdrive* Pin: release a=lenny Pin-Priority: 700 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main #deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free #deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free non-free #deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main contrib non-free #deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny main ## Google Picasa for Linux repository ## #deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free ## http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorOnDebian ## Tor #deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor etch main ############################################################### ## ## GPSdrive et al (josm) ## deb http://www.gpsdrive.de/debian testing main -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2008.04.16+nmu1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.7-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.3.2-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.3.2-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.4.11.10-1lenny1 terminal-based package manager ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.14.22 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in -- debconf-show failed
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- To: 502393-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: closing #502393
- From: "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:05:16 +0200
- Message-id: <4904791C.3020501@gmail.com>
Actually, apt is doing right. Version 2.10preX is smaller that 2.10svnXXXXXXXX, you can check it with 'dpkg --compare-versions'. So, despite the pin 500, all other available versions of package is smaller than installed, and apt would never downgrade package automatically unless you have exact version specified (for example, 'apt-get install gpsdrive=2.10pre6'). -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.Attachment: signature.asc
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