On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 00:33, Andreas Wüst wrote: > > Am Sonntag, 27.07.03, um 14:12 Uhr (Europe/Zurich) schrieb Michel > Dänzer: > > > On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 13:17, Andreas Wüst wrote: > >> > > apt-get install xlibs=4.1.0-16 > > > > or > > > > apt-get install xlibs/unstable > > > > (same with aptitude) > > Interesting. I've never seen this yet. > > Is it possible for packages to pin themselves?
I'd hope not. :) > >>> Another possibility is that other packages somehow prevent apt from > >>> upgrading xlibs automatically. If you add it to the install line, > >>> does > >>> it cause other packages to be upgraded additionally as well? > >> > >> Add to which install line? The one with gnome-session? > > > > Yes. I asked about this earlier in this thread, and you said it > > worked... > > Yes, of course it works if I put gnome-session and xlibs into the same > line. But you asked about the packages which get upgraded > *additionally*, but since gnome-session alone doesn't work, I can > *only* tell you which packages get upgraded at all by adding xlibs, and > not which packages are *additionally* upgraded compared to an install > line with only gnome-session!! I mean in addition to gnome-session and xlibs (and possibly what gnome-session alone complains about). > > The thing is, I can still only speculate about what you're trying to do > > and what happens... > > Ok, now, a lot of ouput follows. You can't expect to gain information by trying only one package at a time in general, so you could have saved some. :) > # apt-get -u -t unstable install gnome-session xlibs > > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > The following extra packages will be installed: [...] > The following packages will be REMOVED: > autoconf2.13 gnome-applets gnome-panel gnome-panel-data > libdigest-md5-perl > libfam0 You'll probably have to upgrade those you want to keep of these. > The following NEW packages will be installed: This could be the reason why it wouldn't upgrade xlibs automatically; it still doesn't tell why it needs to install these for upgrading xlibs though, maybe some versioned dependency. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer Software libre enthusiast \ http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
