On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 16:37, Barry Hawkins wrote: > On Dec 2, 2003, at 7:50 AM, Michel Dänzer wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 04:52, Barry Hawkins wrote: > >> > >> The problem is that the xserver and xfree86 packages for 4.3.0.1 are > >> no longer appearing in dselect.
[...] > >> Any idea what I might be doing wrong? > > > > You're using dselect. :) Seriously though, if > > > > apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86 > > > > shows the experimental version, I recommend trying an APT frontend like > > aptitude. > > > Michel, > Thanks for the suggestion. Here is the output of the command you > suggested: > > localhost:~# apt-cache policy xserver-xfree86 > xserver-xfree86: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 4.2.1-14 > Version Table: > 4.3.0-0pre1v4 0 > 1 ftp://ftp.debian.org main/binary-powerpc/ Packages > 1 http://http.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/main > Packages > 4.2.1-14 0 > 500 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages > 500 ftp://debian.mirrors.pair.com unstable/main Packages > > So, when one has two versions of a package, how does said one imply > the installation of a particular version? Depends on the frontend, please read the documentation for the one you use. To get the current xserver-xfree86 from experimental, you can try aptitude -t experimental install xserver-xfree86 or apt-get -t experimental install xserver-xfree86 > Also, what are those integers prefacing the URIs beneath the version > numbers, 1 and 500? It's the priority, man apt_preferences. BTW, does it really say 1, not 100? > I have to wait until tonight to install aptitude. Is it really that much > better at dealing with my issue than dselect? Yes, at least last time I used dselect (been quite a while, I have to admit :), it couldn't deal with multiple package versions at all. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
