* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 06:51:01PM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote: > > packages whose version ends with woody or sarge take precedence over the > > _real_ packages, and so try to downgrade other libs and such... > > The real packages? They *are* the real packages. There's a strict > version comparison algorithm which everything uses. I'm not sure what > you're talking about here; an example might help.
sorry, my anti-verbose hat was on. :p running a testing/unstable box. i just did a apt-cache policy on each of the packages in question, and the woody/sarge versions are from marilat, not debian. oopsy! my bad, and also my problem. sorry for my temporary luserity, iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
