On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 10:01:40PM +0200, jjluza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 20:14, Simon Law a écrit : > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 08:09:57PM +0200, jjluza wrote: > > > The announcement tells we should get out "-snapshot" from the name of > > > the package, before puting it in experimental. So there is no > > > difference in the package name anymore. So now, since cvs package > > > version is 0.0.date, apt always ask for upgrading to an older version > > > (the stable one : 1.4 for mozilla). > > > > > > I'm right, or do I make a mistake ? If I'm right, What is the solution ? > > > > Apt supports pinning. See man apt_preferences for more details. > > > > Simon > > > Yes, I know this solution, but in fact, I asked for a solution in debian > policy, without needing to edit a file, what -snapshot allowed. > But maybe there is no other solution ?
Well, you could always make the snapshot's version larger than the non-snapshot version. I think some packages use stuff like 1.4+cvs0.0.date. Then you get the reverse problem going from experimental to unstable, of course.. Daniel -- /-------------------- Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------\ | "Hmm, do I understand correctly that we've introduced a 1970 bug in | | order to move the 2038 bug to 2106?" | | -- Richard Braakman | \---- Be like the kid in the movie! Play chess! -- http://www.uschess.org ---/
