On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 07:03:00PM -0300, Frank Hrebabetzky wrote: > According to the Debian site there exists a magicfilter version 1.2-55 in > 'testing' state (current stable is 1.2-53). > > My /etc/apt/sources.list contains, among others, the lines > > --- > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free > deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free > ---
This is unwise, IMHO: pick a release and stick to it, don't try all three, since elaborate combinations of all three will rarely work. In particular mixing stable and either testing or unstable is a recipe for confusion. > Nevertheless, > 'apt-get update' and > 'apt-get install magicfilter=1.2-55' > yields: > > --- > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > E: Version '1.2-55' for 'magicfilter' was not found > --- > > What is wrong? You've only got non-US sources. The non-US archive only consists of packages that can't be distributed from the US. See http://www.debian.org/mirror/list to find a mirror of the main archive near you. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
