On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Sven Hartge <s...@svenhartge.de> wrote: > Kynn Jones <kyn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> libc6-dev: >> Installed: (none) >> Candidate: 2.13-38+deb7u4 >> Version table: >> 2.19-13 0 >> 750 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ testing/main amd64 >> Packages >> 750 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main amd64 Packages >> 50 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ unstable/main amd64 >> Packages >> 50 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages >> 2.13-38+deb7u6 0 >> 995 http://debian.csail.mit.edu/debian/ stable/main amd64 >> Packages >> 995 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable/main amd64 Packages >> 2.13-38+deb7u4 0 >> 1000 http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates/main amd64 >> Packages > > Your priorities for the different versions seem off. Security should > have to same priority as stable, not a higher one. > > And security should not need a higher priority, because security updates > (not already included via point-release) will always have a higher > version than the non-security package from the normal repository.
OK, I thought I understood what was going on, but it turns out that I'm more baffled than ever. (E.g. I don't understand why I'm given the *option* of setting a priority for security when in fact, if I understand you correctly, there's only one sensible setting for it, namely "identical to stable"...) > Please post the content of /etc/apt/preferences and any file in > /etc/apt/preferences.d As I mentioned in my original post, my configs for /etc/apt/{sources.list,preferences}.d are based on those given here http://serverfault.com/a/382101. It may have been unwise of me to follow those recommendations, but they are the best (actually, the only) ones I was able to find when I searched for apt configuration "best practices". (I will resume my search now, of course.) As far as /etc/apt/preferences.d goes, my configs are exactly as suggested in that post. Specifically: (no /etc/apt/preferences file) ==> /etc/apt/preferences.d/security.pref <== Package: * Pin: release l=Debian-Security Pin-Priority: 1000 ==> /etc/apt/preferences.d/stable.pref <== Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 995 ==> /etc/apt/preferences.d/testing.pref <== Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 750 ==> /etc/apt/preferences.d/unstable.pref <== Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 50 ==> /etc/apt/preferences.d/experimental.pref <== Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 1 Thank you for your comments. I much appreciate them. kj -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAFvQaj4o0pYUHzJB87nwUQD=8orhHH3X5D=biwgGsQrRrE=r...@mail.gmail.com