Re: [Evolution] Debian ALERT: Ximian's Packages.gz is now a zero file

[Jim Bowen <jbowen speakeasy net>]

On Mon, 2002-05-06 at 03:36, Martin-Éric Racine wrote:
> On 5 May 2002, Jim Bowen wrote:
>
> > FYI - I noticed this as well and filed a bug (under red carpet for lack
> > of any clearer place to put it) ...
> >
> > http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24238
>
> I notice in that post that you managed to build Red Carpet for Woody.  Could
> you send me your diffs?  I'd like to try that as well.  

I haven't tried building it of late ... last time I did it compiled fine
out of the box (I think it was version 1.2.3-ximian.4) except for
changing /opt/rc-helper-libs paths to /usr in the debian/rules file.

> You also mention that your APT preferences pin Ximian releases with a higher
> priority.  I assume your file looks something like this:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-priority: 900
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-priority: 100
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-priority: 50
>
> If not, does anybody know what the packager ID is for Ximian packages, so that I
> can give them a higher priority than packages issued by the Debian project?

Very similar but I use the o= tag (for origin). Debian packages will be
matched with o=debian while the ximian packages are matched as shown
below. ...

Package: * 
Pin:  release o=jab
Pin-Priority:  960

Package:  *
Pin:  release o=ximian, a=stable
Pin-Priority:  950

Package:  *
Pin:  release a=stable
Pin-Priority:  900

Package:  *
Pin:  release a=unstable
Pin-Priority:  50


The first entry is for any locally packaged items (e.g. my red-carpet)
so they don't get overwritten. The next two entries prioritize the
ximian stable over debian stable repositories. Items that are upgraded
to Woody (including XFree86, glibc and tons of other libraries) were
first installed/upgraded using apt-get install package-name/testing.
Thereafter, any testing upgrade would be performed automatically with
apt-get upgrade.

Hope this is useful.

Jim