Hi,
I've struggled with this issue for hours and gotten no help from
Manpages, nor IRC. So if someone could help me and CC me on their reply
(as I am not subscribed), I would be very grateful.
I am running a Debian Squeeze system. I want to install selected
packages from debian-multimedia and grml on it. Furthermore, I don't
trust Opera Software ASA completely, and therefore want to make sure no
packages of theirs are installed over packages available from anywhere
else. As a secondary goal, I want to use my ISP's mirror whereever
possible, to avoid unnecessary internet traffic. Allow me to post my
attempts to configure this:
=== Begin /etc/apt/sources.list ===
deb http://mirror.netcologne.de/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://mirror.netcologne.de/debian sid main
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ squeeze non-free
deb http://mirror.netcologne.de/debian-multimedia.org squeeze main
deb http://mirror.netcologne.de/www.grml.org/deb.grml.org/ grml-testing main
=== End /etc/apt/sources.list ===
=== Begin /etc/apt/preferences ===
Package: *
Pin: release o=The grml project
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: *
Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: *
Pin: origin deb.opera.com
Pin-Priority: 300
=== End /etc/apt/preferences ===
=== Begin output of apt-cache policy ===
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
400 http://mirror.netcologne.de grml-testing/main Packages
release o=The grml project,a=grml-testing,n=grml-testing,l=grml,c=main
origin mirror.netcologne.de
500 http://mirror.netcologne.de squeeze/main Translation-en_US
990 http://mirror.netcologne.de squeeze/main Packages
release v=None,o=Unofficial Multimedia
Packages,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=Unofficial Multimedia Packages,c=main
origin mirror.netcologne.de
990 http://deb.opera.com squeeze/non-free Packages
release o=Opera Software ASA,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=The Opera web
browser,c=non-free
origin deb.opera.com
500 http://mirror.netcologne.de sid/main Packages
release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main
origin mirror.netcologne.de
990 http://mirror.netcologne.de squeeze/non-free Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=non-free
origin mirror.netcologne.de
990 http://mirror.netcologne.de squeeze/contrib Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=contrib
origin mirror.netcologne.de
990 http://mirror.netcologne.de squeeze/main Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=squeeze,l=Debian,c=main
origin mirror.netcologne.de
Pinned packages:
=== End output of apt-cache policy ===
As you can see, I failed miserably. The very same method that works fine
for the grml packages, fails for the debian-multimedia packages. I have
also tried "l=" instead of "o=", as well as copy&pasting the complete
release line from the output of apt-cache policy. I have tried using
double quote characters. I have tried changing the order of grml and
debian-multimedia in the preferences file. I have run aptitude update or
apt-get update after every change. Nothing works.
For Opera, I have not invested quite as much effort, especially since I
specifically want the "origin" feature, not the "release" feature, to
work here; however, "release o=Opera Software ASA" also does not work,
nor does adding double-quotes around "deb.opera.com".
So if anyone understands APT pinning... please help me!
Regards,
Michael
PS Again, please CC me, I am not subscribed to this list.
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