is this the actual firefox in hoary???

[Jochen Kächelin]

Am Dienstag, 26. Juli 2005 08:33 schrieb Michael Wardle:
> On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 07:01 +0200, Jochen Kächelin wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 26. Juli 2005 03:09 schrieb Michael Wardle:
> > > > I use this sources.list from the beginning with hoary.
> > > > Why do I still run 1.0.2 and not 1.0.4?
> > >
> > > You have 1.0.2 because you have pinned the priority of
> > > hoary/main, but not hoary-security/main. ;-)
> >
> > My /etc/apt/preferences looks like
> >
> > Package:  *
> > Pin:  release a=hoary
> > Pin-Priority:  1001
> >
> > Can you please help out?
> > What to do do be up-to-date?
>
> Ubuntu seems to work differently from Debian.  Debian's security
> updates come from a different server but belong to the same
> "archive" (the identity referred to by a=hoary in your
> /etc/apt/preferences), whereas Ubuntu's security updates come
> from the same server but belong to a different archive.  The
> different Archive lines in these two files demonstrate the
> difference:
> http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hoary-security/main/bin
>ary-i386/Release
> http://security.debian.org/dists/sarge/updates/main/binary-i386/R
>elease
>
> I'm guessing you've either followed someone else's (possibly
> incorrect) instructions or have been experimenting with your own
> settings without a full understanding of pinning.  Read the
> apt_preferences(5) manual page and browse the FTP archives for
> both Debian and Ubuntu to gain more understanding of this topic. 
> You've already discovered that "apt-cache policy" is a good tool
> for diagnosing your configuration.
>
> If you're looking for a quick answer, I'd guess you need to add a
> block for the hoary-security archive similar to your block for
> hoary.
>
> You could also consider removing all entries from
> /etc/apt/preferences unless they're necessary for backports or
> other third-party repositories.

I just made a /etc/apt/preferences:

Package:  *
Pin:  release a=hoary
Pin-Priority:  1001

Package:  *
Pin:  release a=hoary-security
Pin-Priority:  1001

and a "aptitude update" and "aptitude upgrade" and got the following 
lines:

die folgenden Pakete werden durch eine ÄLTERE VERSION ERSETZT 
(Downgrade):
  gaim gaim-data kdelibs kdelibs-data kdewebdev kfilereplace
  kimagemapeditor klinkstatus kommander kxsldbg libnspr4 libnss3 
libxine1
  quanta quanta-data
Die folgenden Pakete werden aktualisiert:
  dpkg dpkg-dev dselect libldap2 libtiff-tools mozilla-firefox
  mozilla-firefox-gnome-support openoffice.org-kde
8 Pakete aktualisiert, 0 zusätzlich installiert, 15 deaktualisiert, 
0 werden entfernt und 3 nicht aktualisiert.
Muss 31,6MB an Archiven herunterladen.Nach dem Entpacken werden 
1847kB frei werden.
Wollen Sie fortsetzen? [Y/n/?]  

and "apt-cache policy mozilla-firefox":

root at laptopjkt:/opt/LimeWire # CP mozilla-firefox
mozilla-firefox:
  Installiert:1.0.2-0ubuntu5
  Mögliche Pakete:1.0.6-0ubuntu0.1
  Versions-Tabelle:
     1.0.6-1ubuntu1~5.04ubp1 0
        500 http://ubuntu-backports.mirrormax.net 
hoary-backports/main Packages
     1.0.6-0ubuntu0.1 0
       1001 http://security.ubuntu.com hoary-security/main Packages
 *** 1.0.2-0ubuntu5 0
        990 http://archive.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages
        990 http://security.ubuntu.com hoary/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status


Tara......Sauberlatz!
That's what I want: a 1.0.6!

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