On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Jim W. Jaszewski wrote: > I'd like to add that I too have this problem. > > Seems to me it's what brought my previous pinning attempts to a > screeching halt quite a while ago, too. > >:/
It's a feature with alot of subtle side effects designed to accomidate the way most people use debian. If you want something different you really do have to spend more time editing the preferences file. Primarly, I suspect that each of you installed a newer version of php4/samba/whatever that what is in testing, APT naturally tries to follow this and continues to use the non-testing version. You can check this yourself by using the apt-cache policy function. 'apt-cache policy' will help you verify that your sources have the right priorities and 'apt-cache policy php4' will help you understand why a particular version has been selected over another (hint: Essentially the one with the highest listed source priority starting from the line with the ***'s and going up in the list.) It isn't a bug unless the apt-cache policy output shows behavior that is inconsistant with the documentation, and I wager strongly that it does not in either of your cases.. Jason
