On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 08:43:35AM +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On 2016-12-12 20:25, Perl wrote: > > * What led up to the situation? > > I noticed, since long time ago, that I was not anymore able to use > > Apt-Pinning for installing packages from Stable and Testing Releases. > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > > ineffective)? > > Everytime I try to use "APT-Pinning", I do not get what I want. > > Even if I try /testing or -t testing, or any Release other than > > Experimental, I only get error or Experimental list of packages. > > Finally, apt-cache policy only return Sid and Experimental > > packages. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > If I try > > "apt-cache show -t testing linux-image-amd64" > > OR > > "apt-cache show linux-image-amd64/testing" > > I get this with apt-get: > > E: Release 'testing' for 'linux-image-amd64' was not found > > E: No packages found > > Well, the only testing sources.list entries listed in your report are: > > > #Testing > > deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib > > deb-src http://ftp2.fr.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > > So I'm not sure where you're expecting apt to find information about > *binary* packages in testing from.
I agree with this statement and I think we can close this bug because of it. Cheers, Wesley
