Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-29 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:36:07 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:01:12 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> >>> On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: Thanks for the explanation! So why didn't they "just"

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:01:12 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: >>> >>> Thanks for the explanation! >>> So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any >>> updates? >> >> T

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:23:25 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> >> Thanks for the explanation! >> So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any >> updates? > > The new version changed ABI[1], which means all modules compiled aga

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 mar 12, 12:07:08, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > Thanks for the explanation! > So why didn't they "just" update the version that won't receive any > updates? The new version changed ABI[1], which means all modules compiled against bpo.1 need to be recompiled for bpo.2. [1] http://en.wikipedi

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:00:55 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 27 mar 12, 10:45:27, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> >> I was just thinking if it would be better to switch from linux- >> image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae on another machine to linux- >> image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae? >> But maybe the difference

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 27 mar 12, 10:45:27, Ramon Hofer wrote: > > I was just thinking if it would be better to switch from linux- > image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae on another machine to linux- > image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae? > But maybe the difference isn't immense so I probably shouldn't change the > running system

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-27 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:40:47 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:59:42 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +, Camaleón wrote: > >> Btw what's the difference between linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.1-686-pae and >> linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-686-pae and why are bot

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-26 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:59:42 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +, Camaleón wrote: (...) >> Wow... no need to re-install :-), just be sure about the steps you're >> doing. Whether in doubt, launch aptitude and try from there, it usually >> provides insightful informati

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:07:41 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:14:47 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:13 +, Camaleón wrote: > What do you think it would be better to completely go with testing. >>> >>> Testing is currently quite stable but there a

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 10:10:08 -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:15:10PM +, Ramon Hofer wrote: >> Hi all >> >> I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need >> a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable >> version doesn't see t

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Rob Owens
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 12:15:10PM +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. > I need a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable > version doesn't see the soundcard. So I wanted to install alsa from > testing. >

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-25 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 14:46:27 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> So I thought I'd go with Stable, the kernel from backports and alsa >> from testing. >> Unfortunately this doesn't work. I suppose my problem are wrong apt- >> preferences numbers

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-24 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > So I thought I'd go with Stable, the kernel from backports and alsa from > testing. > Unfortunately this doesn't work. I suppose my problem are wrong apt- > preferences numbers or something like this. Could it be that it's not possible to h

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-24 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:14:47 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:13 +, Camaleón wrote: >>> What do you think it would be better to completely go with testing. >> >> Testing is currently quite stable but there are significant differences >> between wheezy and squeeze, like

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-24 Thread Ramon Hofer
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:55:13 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > >> I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need >> a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable >> version doesn't see the soundcard. So I

Re: Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-23 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:15:10 +, Ramon Hofer wrote: > Hi all > > I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need > a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable > version doesn't see the soundcard. So I wanted to install alsa from > testing. > And be

Apt-pinning confusion

2012-03-23 Thread Ramon Hofer
Hi all I'm trying to put the MythTV PVR XBMC version on my Shuttle box. I need a newer alsa version than the one from Squeeze because the stable version doesn't see the soundcard. So I wanted to install alsa from testing. And because I use a SSD I thought it would be a good idea to use the sque

Re: apt pinning confusion

2008-05-12 Thread Jaime Tarrant
Alex Samad wrote: On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:59:19PM +1000, Jaime Tarrant wrote: Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:08:38AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: [snip] [snip] yeah new about that, my meaning was more along the lines of if you are trying to follow testing then the number h

Re: apt pinning confusion

2008-05-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:59:19PM +1000, Jaime Tarrant wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:08:38AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: [snip] >>> >>> Package: * >>> Pin: release o=Debian, a=experimental >>> Pin-Priority: 550 >> >> your numbers seem very high my preferen

Re: apt pinning confusion

2008-05-11 Thread Jaime Tarrant
Alex Samad wrote: On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:08:38AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: Historically, I've always used APT::Default-Release to keep my system sane with multiple repositories, but recently reinstalled a system because it was getting very crufty. I'm trying to prevent a similar recurrenc

Re: apt pinning confusion

2008-05-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:08:38AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > Historically, I've always used APT::Default-Release to keep my system > sane with multiple repositories, but recently reinstalled a system > because it was getting very crufty. I'm trying to prevent a similar > recurrence, so I now h

apt pinning confusion

2008-05-11 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
Historically, I've always used APT::Default-Release to keep my system sane with multiple repositories, but recently reinstalled a system because it was getting very crufty. I'm trying to prevent a similar recurrence, so I now have: $ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "testing";