if you want to upgrade only iceweasel, then run apt-get install iceweasel/lenny-backports by this, apt will try to install iceweasel from backports but will try to match its dependencies from lenny. it worked for me...
Regards --------------------- Roman On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:28 AM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Russell Gadd wrote: > > I am trying to update my iceweasel via Lenny backports but it wants to > also > > update my gnucash which I don't want. What am I doing wrong? > > > > I follow the instructions as follows: > > Add backports to sources.list (actually added a file to sources.list.d). > It > > shows up in Synaptic repositories so looks ok > > What is in your /etc/apt/preferences file? > > What is the relative versions shown here: > > $ apt-cache policy gnucash > > Because backports is set up with a repository pinning of > "NotAutomatic: yes" in the Release file it shouldn't be wanting to > upgrade your existing packages automatically. Here is a reference. > Personally I set up /etc/apt/preferences as specified. > > http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/#index3h2 > > But if gnucash is newer than Lenny but older than backports then it > will fall into the case where it will want to upgrade to the newer > version in backports. > > Bob > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkyuLXoACgkQ0pRcO8E2ULZuMgCffDBosPPBhQxuRDx+YD7gI9ol > rPoAn1g81sRJkJ26O2Gcd9854kijBKDI > =uhY3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
