Tom Allison wrote:
> I don't know what happened.
> 
> It seems that the debian repository and aptitude didn't tell each other
> about dbmail_2.2.5rc and that started everything into a lovely tailspin.
> 
> I had to manually download and install the packages from nfsd to get
> dbmail and dbmail-pgsql to understand that they were friends and
> supposed to play nice at 2.2.5.
> 
> It's working now.
> 
> But I've had problems in the past where the debian repository @ nfsd
> isn't reporting in aptitude what I'm able to see in the browser.  This
> has prevented me from upgrades in the past as well.  I've included my
> preferences and sources data and would really appreciate any eyes that
> could look for something that might be amiss.  Please note that the
> debian.org testing branch is usually commented out and was only include
> herein because I was trying to upgrade to 2.2.3 in debian -testing
> (which also didn't go well).

And 2.2.3 as in debian/testing is actually pretty horribly broken in the
IMAP department.

> 
> I don't believe the problems have ever been directly attributed to
> dbmail but the debian packaging configuration that I have on this
> particular box.  I have a preference to keep things on debian-stable as
> much as possible with the exception of dbmail which is currently not
> listed in the debian-stable branch.

yes. But I've begun providing stable packages again on nfgd.net. The
2.2.5rc3-1 packages are what you want.

> 
> Since there is no debian-stable packages for dbmail, I can go with
> either debian-testing or nfsd-stable, but I'm not having much luck with
> them from time to time. 

Since the release of etch, I myself am bound to use the nfgd/stable
packages on most if not all of my production systems.

> I would love to PIN these packages if I could
> figure out how to do that so I can upgrade at my discretion.  Having the
> house mail server go down when the wife is expecting email about job
> applications makes my life pretty unbearable and rightfully so.  Please
> help a fellow avoid these lovely moments...
> 
> Maybe the best question I can ask for now is:
> how do I specify Pinning for dbmail packages?

Not a clue. Been using debian of 10 years now, but never had to resort
to pinning.

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