In <5in185hijnaa5tsr4sjp5586u3ucbrv...@4ax.com>, Jeff Grossman wrote: >"Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: >>In <47pt7511s56vq779jtfp2ap0059a8m4...@4ax.com>, Jeff Grossman wrote: >>>mail:~# apt-cache policy php5 >>>php5: >>> Installed: 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 >>> Candidate: 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 >>> Version table: >>> 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2 0 >>> 200 http://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages >>> 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 0 >>> 300 http://ftp.us.debian.org testing/main Packages >>> *** 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 0 >>> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >>> 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3 0 >>> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org lenny/main Packages >>> 500 http://security.debian.org lenny/updates/main Packages >>> >>>What I don't understand is how come the candidate is 5.2.9 when that >>>has a pinning of 300, clearly lower than 5.2.6. >> >>So, when apt is considering which version to install it starts with: >> 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2 200 >> 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 300 >> 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 100 >> 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3 500 >> >>Then, it throws away anything if a version of >> less tham 5.2.6.ddfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 (current version) and a >> priority of less than 1000. This leaves: >> 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2 200 >> 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 300 >> 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny3+custom1 100 >> >>At this point, it chooses the one(s) with the highest priority: >> 5.2.9.dfsg.1-4 300 > >Thank you for this valuable information. I was not aware of how apt >or aptitude figured out what to upgrade.
It's mostly documented in the apt_preferences(5) man page. (One of) the current aptitude maintainer(s)/developer(s) has been seen on the list, so this is a good place for questions about mixed systems and associated issues. >I guess I will pin my custom >version of php5 to a priority of 1000 so it does not bother me with >trying to upgrade anymore. I suggest a priority and 500 and a hold. That way, you will not get upgraded automatically, but you will be informed by apt-get/aptitude if a new version is available from stable-security (e.g. 5.2.6.dfsg.1-1+lenny4). -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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