On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:16:52 +0200, Mirto Silvio Busico wrote:
> Florian Kulzer wrote:
>
> [...snip....]
> >>> I had to downgrade openoffice to version 2.0.3.
> >>> Now I need to avoid that this package will b e upgraded again.
> >>>
> >>> Following the manuals I put in apt files (in /etc/apt):
> >>>
> >>> apt.conf:
> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
> >>> Acquire::::Proxy "false";
> >>> APT::Default-Release "testing";
> >>>
> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> preferences:
> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> Package: openoffice.org*
> >>> Pin: version 2.0.3*
> >>> Pin-Priority: 10001
> >>>
> >
> > Maybe the APT::Default-Release "testing"; option interferes with the
> > package pinning or the wildcards in the preferences file do not work as
> > expected. What is the output of
> >
> > apt-cache policy openoffice.org
> >
> Output is:
>
> msb01:/# apt-cache policy openoffice.org
> openoffice.org:
> Installato: 2.0.3-6
> Candidato: 2.0.3-6
> Pin del pacchetto: 2.0.3-6
> Tabella versione:
> 2.0.4~rc3-1 1001
> 990 http://mi.mirror.garr.it etch/main Packages
> *** 2.0.3-6 1001
> 50 http://snapshot.debian.net unstable/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> msb01:/#
>
> > apt-cache policy openoffice.org-common
> >
> Output is:
>
> openoffice.org-common:
> Installato: 2.0.3-6
> Candidato: 2.0.4~rc3-1
> Tabella versione:
> 2.0.4~rc3-1 0
> 990 http://mi.mirror.garr.it etch/main Packages
> *** 2.0.3-6 0
> 50 http://snapshot.debian.net unstable/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> msb01:/#
>
>
> I don't understand why the preference with 10001 value is not considered.
Looking at "man apt_preferences" I get the impression that "*" is not a
general wildcard to be appended to substrings, but that it can only be
used on its own, as a stand-in for "any package name" if you want to pin
for a specific release or package origin. It looks like you will have to
manually add entries for more OOo packages; I think OOo-common and
OOo-bin will probably be enough to keep the rest at 2.0.3.
--
Regards,
Florian
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