On Tue, Jul 01, 2003 at 06:41:33PM -0400, David Z Maze wrote: > Thomas Gies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Why does dselect update packages from unstable even if I put > > > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > > > in my apt.conf? > > Because dselect isn't terribly cognizant of APT; dselect was written > first, and doesn't really understand why one would have multiple > available versions of the same package, so it just picks the newest > one ("unstable"). If you're looking for a CUI dpkg frontend that > understands more of what APT is up to, you might look at aptitude. > > -- > David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ > "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." > -- Abra Mitchell > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I think I found it. When I added the unstable sources, dselect contained two gnumerics. I accidentaly installed the version, that is only available in unstable. Perhaps the best solution is to remove the unstable sources after installing the desired packages. Thomas -- Die Welt ist kunterbunt, mein Arsch wiegt 180 Pfund. - Hans Peter Gies, 1989
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