Comment 10 for bug 9199

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In , Josh Metzler (joshdeb) wrote : Re: Bug#277037:

On Thursday 21 October 2004 01:36 pm, Chad Davis wrote:
> root@reject:~# apt-cache policy libcupsys2-dev
> libcupsys2-dev:
> Installed: (none)
> Candidate: 1.1.20final+rc1-9
> Version Table:
> 1.1.21-0.experimental2 0
> 650 ftp://ftp.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
> 1.1.20final+rc1-9 0
> 990 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> 1.1.14-5woody10 0
> 500 http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
> root@reject:~#
>
> I have experimental in sources.list because I am using it for gnome
> 2.8. I was under the impression things from experimental were always
> last in the policy?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Chad Davis
> <email address hidden>

$ apt-cache policy libcupsys2-dev
libcupsys2-dev:
  Installed: 1.1.20final+rc1-9
  Candidate: 1.1.20final+rc1-9
  Version Table:
     1.1.21-0.experimental2 0
          1 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org ../project/experimental/main Packages
 *** 1.1.20final+rc1-9 0
        500 ftp://ftp.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Yes - they have a priority of 1. Do you have experimental pinned at 650
in /etc/apt/preferences?

Josh