apt pinning question

divukman · 12-01-2005, 10:34 AM

Hi to all, I have one simple question on pinning. I've done it this morning and still getting used to it

From what I saw at debian.org there's firefox 1.49 in SID. Since I have all three (sarge,etch and sid) in my sources list I'd like to get firefox package from SID.

So what do I do? Shouldn't apt-cache "showpkg mozilla-firefox" list 1.49 version too ?
Here's what I get:

Code:

[05:27 PM Thu Dec 01] [root@defiant]:/home/mito# apt-cache showpkg mozilla-firefox
Package: mozilla-firefox
Versions:
1.0.7-1(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hr.debian.org_debian_dists_etch_main_binary-i386_Packages)(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hr.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-i386_Packages)
1.0.4-2sarge5(/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages)(/var/lib/dpkg/status)
1.0.4-2(/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.hr.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages)

...

Anyway, how would I get packages from the sid, "apt-get -t unstable install package" ? I'm guessing these are the commands:
"apt-get -t stable install package" :sarge
"apt-get -t testing install package" :etch
"apt-get -t unstable install package" : sid

m_yates · 12-01-2005, 10:42 AM

You should be able to install it using:

Code:

apt-get -t sid install mozilla-firefox

or

Code:

apt-get -t unstable install mozilla-firefox

Be sure that you do

Code:

apt-get update

first and also make sure that you pinning doesn't prevent unstable packages from being installed.

dastrike · 12-01-2005, 10:45 AM

As far as I see unstable ('sid') still has Firefox 1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 1.5RC3 (package version 1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-1) is currently in experimental.

Code:

$ apt-cache policy mozilla-firefox
mozilla-firefox:
  Installed: 1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-1
  Candidate: 1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.4.99+1.5rc3.dfsg-1 0
          1 http://ftp.se.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.0.7-1 0
        600 http://ftp.se.debian.org etch/main Packages
        700 http://ftp.se.debian.org sid/main Packages
     1.0.4-2sarge5 0
        500 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages
     1.0.4-2 0
        500 http://ftp.se.debian.org sarge/main Packages

As Firefox 1.5 has now finally been released, It'll likely appear in unstable ('sid') soon.

Remember though that the packages from testing, unstable, and experimental have all dependencies from respective branch (well, experimental's dependencies are typically from unstable), so when installing stuff from there you'll typically end up with a boatload of libraries from the branch as well. This can be an issue if one is hellbent on keeping one's system as close to the stable branch as possible.

divukman · 12-01-2005, 10:49 AM

thanks people, it got me wondering