Bug#225811: Should depend on exact versions
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 02:53:44PM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:00:33PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > You can add the following to your apt preferences file > > (/etc/apt/preferences): > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=xfree86 > > Pin-Priority: 1002 > > > > Please let me know if this solution satisfies your needs. > > Isn't it 'release a=experimental'? Also, there's this: > for package in $(apt-cache showsrc xfree86 | grep ^Binary | cut -f2- -d: | tr > -d ,); do printf "Package: %s\nPin: release a=experimental\nPin-Priority: > 600\n\n" "$package"; done >> /etc/apt/preferences > > The script comes from David B. Harris. Cheers. :) Yes, sorry for the bad info. -- G. Branden Robinson|I have a truly elegant proof of the Debian GNU/Linux |above, but it is too long to fit [EMAIL PROTECTED] |into this .signature file. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#225811: Should depend on exact versions
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 08:02:32AM +, Ross Burton wrote: > I'd prefer not to pin all of experimental, so that evil script looks > like a better solution. > > The script is better than the script Jeff Waugh mailed me, which scanned > parsed the output of dpkg -l... > > I suggest that both of these are documented in the x-window-system-core > (or wherever is more relevant) package, in an FAQ or README. Neither is relevant once xfree86 is uploaded to unstable, which will be done when the patch audit is complete. -- G. Branden Robinson|Beware of and eschew pompous Debian GNU/Linux |prolixity. [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-- Charles A. Beardsley http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#225811: Should depend on exact versions
On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 03:53, Daniel Stone wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:00:33PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > You can add the following to your apt preferences file > > (/etc/apt/preferences): > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=xfree86 > > Pin-Priority: 1002 > > > > Please let me know if this solution satisfies your needs. > > Isn't it 'release a=experimental'? Also, there's this: > for package in $(apt-cache showsrc xfree86 | grep ^Binary | cut -f2- -d: | tr > -d ,); do printf "Package: %s\nPin: release a=experimental\nPin-Priority: > 600\n\n" "$package"; done >> /etc/apt/preferences > > The script comes from David B. Harris. Cheers. :) I'd prefer not to pin all of experimental, so that evil script looks like a better solution. The script is better than the script Jeff Waugh mailed me, which scanned parsed the output of dpkg -l... I suggest that both of these are documented in the x-window-system-core (or wherever is more relevant) package, in an FAQ or README. Ross -- Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.burtonini.com./ PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF
Bug#225811: Should depend on exact versions
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:00:33PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > You can add the following to your apt preferences file > (/etc/apt/preferences): > > Package: * > Pin: release a=xfree86 > Pin-Priority: 1002 > > Please let me know if this solution satisfies your needs. Isn't it 'release a=experimental'? Also, there's this: for package in $(apt-cache showsrc xfree86 | grep ^Binary | cut -f2- -d: | tr -d ,); do printf "Package: %s\nPin: release a=experimental\nPin-Priority: 600\n\n" "$package"; done >> /etc/apt/preferences The script comes from David B. Harris. Cheers. :) -- Daniel Stone<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian X Strike Force:http://people.debian.org/~branden/xsf/ pgp1B1JJmTbyw.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Bug#225811: Should depend on exact versions
retitle 225811 xfree86: want metapackages to specify exact versioned dependencies tag 225811 + moreinfo thanks On Thu, Jan 01, 2004 at 08:11:29PM +, Ross Burton wrote: > Package: x-window-system > Version: 4.3 > Severity: wishlist > > It would be great if x-window-system-core (etc) depends on exact versions of > packages (i.e. xlibs 4.3.0pre1v5), so that: > > apt-get install x-window-system-core/experimental > > upgraded all core X packages from experimental. At the moment that command > simply upgrades the x-window-system-core package, but not the dependencies. I'm sorry, but I do not agree. It's not the metapackage's job to enforce a particular version of its dependencies to be installed I agree, though, that it is unpleasant to try to upgrade every package to the version in experimental manually. That's what apt pinning is for. You can add the following to your apt preferences file (/etc/apt/preferences): Package: * Pin: release a=xfree86 Pin-Priority: 1002 Please let me know if this solution satisfies your needs. -- G. Branden Robinson| Suffer before God and ye shall be Debian GNU/Linux | redeemed. God loves us, so He [EMAIL PROTECTED] | makes us suffer Christianity. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Aaron Dunsmore signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#225811: Should depend on exact versions
Package: x-window-system Version: 4.3 Severity: wishlist It would be great if x-window-system-core (etc) depends on exact versions of packages (i.e. xlibs 4.3.0pre1v5), so that: apt-get install x-window-system-core/experimental upgraded all core X packages from experimental. At the moment that command simply upgrades the x-window-system-core package, but not the dependencies. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux eddie 2.4.22-1-k7 #5 Sat Oct 4 14:11:12 EST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_GB)
