Daniel Burrows wrote: > 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 > >
main:~# apt-get source pidgin/etch-backports Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Unable to find a source package for pidgin/etch-backports main:~# apt-get source pidgin=2.3.1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Unable to find a source package for pidgin main:~# apt-get source pidgin=2.3.1* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Unable to find a source package for pidgin main:~# apt-get source pidgin=2.3* Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Unable to find a source package for pidgin main:~# apt-get source pidgin=2.3.1-2~bpo40+1 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done E: Unable to find a source package for pidgin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
