Newsgroups:  gmane.linux.debian.user
Date:        Wed, 08 Mar 2006 00:05:52 -0500

I've been following the "Debian Backports - Instructions" at http://www.backports.org/instructions.html to use backports so as to _deactivate_ all packages from backports.org by default. However, I noticed that at least one package is automatically updated from sarge to backport.

First of all, I've done all the settings required in the instruction:

$ grep backports /etc/apt/sources.list # backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main

$ grep -1 backports /etc/apt/preferences Package: *
Pin: release a=sarge-backports
Pin-Priority: 200

This is the to-be-wrongly-updated package:

$ apt-cache policy hplip-ppds
hplip-ppds:
  Installed: 0.9.3-3
  Candidate: 0.9.7-3bpo1
  Version Table:
     0.9.7-3bpo1 0
        200 http://www.backports.org sarge-backports/main Packages
 *** 0.9.3-3 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

It will be automatically updated from sarge to backport. Why? How can I prevent it?

thanks

FYI, Its "Reverse Depends" are:

hplip-base
hplip
hpijs

And none of the above depends will be updated:

$ apt-cache policy hplip-base
hplip-base:
  Installed: 0.9.3-3
  Candidate: 0.9.3-3
  Version Table:
 *** 0.9.3-3 0
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ apt-cache policy hplip
hplip:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.9.2-2
  Version Table:
     0.9.7-3bpo1 0
        200 http://www.backports.org sarge-backports/main Packages
     0.9.2-2 0
        900 http://debian.yorku.ca sarge/main Packages

$ apt-cache policy hpijs
hpijs:
  Installed: 2.1.2+0.9.2-2
  Candidate: 2.1.2+0.9.2-2
  Version Table:
     2.1.7+0.9.7-3bpo1 0
        200 http://www.backports.org sarge-backports/main Packages
 *** 2.1.2+0.9.2-2 0
        900 http://debian.yorku.ca sarge/main Packages 100
        /var/lib/dpkg/status

thanks

> I've been following the "Debian Backports - Instructions" at
> http://www.backports.org/instructions.html[] to use backports so as to
> _deactivate_ all packages from backports.org by default.

> This is the to-be-wrongly-updated package:
>
>      $ apt-cache policy hplip-ppds
>      hplip-ppds:
>        Installed: 0.9.3-3
>        Candidate: 0.9.7-3bpo1
>        Version Table:
> 0.9.7-3bpo1 0
> 200 http://www.backports.org[] sarge-backports/main Packages
 ^^^
>       *** 0.9.3-3 0
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
 ^^^
>
> It will be automatically updated from sarge to backport. Why?

>> It will be automatically updated from sarge to backport. Why?
>
> It is upgraded because the installed version has a lower priority
> (100<200). It has a lower priority because that version is not available
> in any archive. Probably because that version is outdated. By the way,
> where did you get it from? It is not part of stable. [...]