On Tue, Jun 11, 2002 at 12:10:09PM -0400, Hubert Chan wrote: > >>>>> "Jeffrey" == Jeffrey Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Jeffrey> Hello, I had the strangest problem tonight. There are new > Jeffrey> versions of many GNOME 2 packages, but apt-get does not offer > Jeffrey> to upgrade them. For example, the gnome-panel2 package was at > Jeffrey> 2.0.0-1 according to apt-cache show, and the installed version > Jeffrey> was 1.5.something. But, when I did apt-get install > Jeffrey> gnome-panel2, apt-get refused and said gnome-panel2 is already > Jeffrey> the latest version. > > [...] > > This is actually normal behaviour. You'll need to tweak things in order > for experimental packages to automatically update: > > # man apt_preferences > > ... > CANDIDATE VERSION POLICY > Internally APT maintains a list of all available > versions for all packages. If you place multiple > releases or vendors in your sources.list(5) file > then these features are available. By default APT > selects the highest version from all automatic > sources. *Some sources, such as project/experimental > are marked Not Automatic - these fall to the bottom > of the selection pile.* > [emphasis mine] > ... > 0 to 100 > Non automatic priorities. These are only > used if the package is not installed and > there is no other version available. > ... > > > You should look through the rest of the man page to find out how to make > it do what you want it to. (If you want the quick-and-easy answer, then > you shouldn't be using the experimental packages in the first place.)
Ah ha! I didn't suspect that APT was intentionally doing this. I have tweaked my preferences to automatically pick up the relevant GNOME 2 packages from experimental. Thanks for the tip. -jwb -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
