Still learning here. So if I understand correctly - the packages occasionally go into "testing" phases? (I'd assume this happens when the package is experiencing a rev or upgrade). If so, then I would expect that the "apt-get install synaptic" command would install the latest stable (non-testing) build of Synaptic. Why is this not true?
On another note, I was on the IRC channel last night and the folks there were very helpful. They showed me where the document is that controls whether you are downloading "test" packages or not. They suggested that if synaptic is that important to me, I may want to switch apt to download it's testing version, then switch apt back again for the rest of the myth install. I'm a very GUI person (Mac user), so I may do this. For may last (and my only other) Myth install, Synaptic was a very valuable tool for me when I wanted to upgrade utilities, players, and Myth itself. I can't imagine a MythTV install without Synaptic. Thanks for the input everyone. I really appreciate it. Jarod wrote: The contents of ATrpms are pretty much always changing. Breakage happens from time to time, or a new version of a package (like Synaptic, in this case) downgrades the stability class to testing or bleeding. If you're not comfortable tweaking things a little bit yourself, problems are usually resolved pretty quickly, when reported through the proper channels (i.e., the atrpms-user mailing list and/or bugzilla.atrpms.net). _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
