On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 04:48:36PM +0200, Marko Randjelovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Thanks, Daniel, for this helpful information. > > I just discovered another similar paradox. I tried to get source package for > pidgin from backports.org. That repository > was explicitly pinned at 500 and testing at 290. But, look > > main:~# apt-get source pidgin > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Need to get 13.2MB of source archives. > Get:1 http://ftp2.de.debian.org testing/main pidgin 2.4.3-1 (dsc) [1800B] > Get:2 http://ftp2.de.debian.org testing/main pidgin 2.4.3-1 (tar) [13.1MB] > Get:3 http://ftp2.de.debian.org testing/main pidgin 2.4.3-1 (diff) [59.0kB] > Fetched 13.2MB in 8m46s (25.0kB/s) > gpg: Signature made Wed 02 Jul 2008 07:21:28 PM CEST using DSA key ID B70E403B > gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found > dpkg-source: extracting pidgin in pidgin-2.4.3 > dpkg-source: unpacking pidgin_2.4.3.orig.tar.gz > dpkg-source: applying ./pidgin_2.4.3-1.diff.gz > > So, it is downloading from testing, although it has lower priority. How could > I make it chose backports.org?
I don't have time to check, but I bet that "source" is ignoring priorities. You should be able to select it explicitly with "apt-get source pidgin/etch-backports" or "apt-get source pidgin=<version>". Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
