Just when I thought I had my head around the apt-get mechanism when dealing with a mixing of stable and testing (and unstable) packages, this problem turns up.
Sources list contains stable and testing and unstable references. /etc/apt/preferences contains 3 pins:
Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable Pin-Priority: 900
Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing Pin-Priority: 400
Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable Pin-Priority: 50
if I do an apt-get update everything goes smoothly, if then an apt-get upgrade, a miscellaneous bunch of packages want to get upgraded to the testing version.
Why is this happening?
The only logical answer is that some package install I have done requires these updated versions and so it is wanting to it.
But the system is working fine, the only packages I've recently added work fine, apt-get check reports no problems. apt-cache policy package-name says sensible things.
If it is the case that these package versions are required due to some other dependency or relationship, how do I find out what that is?
If not (a) how can I find out why it wants to do this and (b) how do I stop it, unless it is recommended that I let it do it?
Many thanks.
rolf.
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