This is getting stranger. I have simplified my preferences so it looks like this:
Package: * Pin:release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 My sources look like this: # Stable which is Woody at the moment deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free # Testing which is Sarge at the moment deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free # Unstable which is always Sid deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb ftp://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free If I do an apt-get -s upgrade I get this: dasterdly:/etc/apt# apt-get -s upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done 14 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst imlib-base (1.9.14-11 Debian:unstable) Inst libc6-dev (2.2.5-15 Debian:unstable) [] Inst locales (2.2.5-15 Debian:unstable) [] Inst libdb1-compat (2.1.3-6 Debian:unstable) [] Inst libc6 (2.2.5-15 Debian:unstable) Conf libdb1-compat (2.1.3-6 Debian:unstable) Conf libc6 (2.2.5-15 Debian:unstable) Inst libart2 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst gnome-libs-data (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst libgnome32 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst libgnomesupport0 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst libgnomeui32 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst libgnorba27 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst libgnorbagtk0 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst gnome-bin (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Inst libxslt1 (1.0.21-0.2 Debian:unstable) Conf imlib-base (1.9.14-11 Debian:unstable) Conf libc6-dev (2.2.5-15 Debian:unstable) Conf locales (2.2.5-15 Debian:unstable) Conf libart2 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libgnome32 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libgnomesupport0 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libgnomeui32 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libgnorba27 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libgnorbagtk0 (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf gnome-bin (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf gnome-libs-data (1.4.2-8 Debian:unstable) Conf libxslt1 (1.0.21-0.2 Debian:unstable) Why tge hell does it want to upgrade this packages to the ones from Sid ? Pat - who is extremly puzzled -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]