How can one author a package to explicitly depend on an older package without user intervention, then?
Or are you saying "Apt simply doesn't support depending on older packages, even though its syntax suggests that it does"? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1238982 Title: apt-get installs newer version even when older one is explicitly requested To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1238982/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs