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Problem with pinning a package

Hi,

I built mplayer from source into a local package (following a script I found on the internet; works on Xubuntu 14.04), and it installed fine.

But the Ubuntu version is higher than my version, and so wants to upgrade it.

So, I created a Preferences file and re-ran "apt-get update", but apt still does not see my pin. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Code:

$ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/mplayer

Package: mplayer

Pin: version 1.1~svn*

Pin-Priority: 1001



$ apt-cache policy mplayer

mplayer:

  Installed: 2:1.1~svn37361-1

  Candidate: 2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3

  Package pin: (not found)

  Version table:

    2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3 1001

        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

 *** 2:1.1~svn37361-1 1001

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Did you try

Code:

Pin: version 2:1.1~svn*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daws (Post 5304112)

Did you try

Code:

Pin: version 2:1.1~svn*

That did it. Thanks.

Code:

$ apt-cache policy mplayer

mplayer:

  Installed: 2:1.1~svn37361-1

  Candidate: 2:1.1~svn37361-1

  Package pin: 2:1.1~svn37361-1

  Version table:

    2:1.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu3 1002

        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages

 *** 2:1.1~svn37361-1 1002

        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status