FIX: apt-get update / upgrade not upgrading

[wombiroller]

FYI - I wasn't able to get any updates of late and didn't know why (using a June Snapshot 0810). Possy pointed out a fix:

/etc/apt/preferences - change Pin-Priority to 500

That will be all

[huh]

Cool- thanks.   Two questions

1) Should I change both pins in that file to 500?
2) Should I only do this on the core- or on all of the mds too?

[RayBe]

wombiroller,

since i am a beginner to linux,
could u give a more detailed guide how to do this exactly?
and what exactly will there be chanced?

thanks a lot
Raymond

[posde]

Cool- thanks.   Two questions

1) Should I change both pins in that file to 500?

NO - only the 600 to 500

2) Should I only do this on the core- or on all of the mds too?

both.

[wombiroller]

For the record, if you can already do a sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade to get the new packages - I don't think you should be playing here....

huh - I only changed the one that was set to 600. Worked for me.

RayBe - open a command prompt and type:

sudo pico /etc/apt/preferences

(pico is a terminal text editor, you can use others like vim but pico might be easier).

You will see this section

Code:

# If our local package uses the same version as elsewhere, we take the one we have locally.
Package: *
Pin: origin
Pin-Priority: 600

Change it to

Code:

# If our local package uses the same version as elsewhere, we take the one we have locally.
Package: *
Pin: origin
Pin-Priority: 500

Save the file and retry.

[RayBe]

Ok thanks,

If i do this right after the install, before i connect any md, do i still have to do this on the core and the md?

All the best

Raymond

[maverick0815]

so, I'm wondering what does changing the priority actually do -aside from the fact, that you get packages offered...or what is different with these packages in regards to packages I would get when they are with priority 600?

[rperre]

my question is on the md's the pin-priority is 9999. so still change that to the 500?

This is the preferences file on both my md's

Code:

Package: *
Pin: origin
Pin-Priority: 9999

Package: *
Pin: release v=8.10,o=Ubuntu,a=hardy,l=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 9998

Richard

[posde]

Richard,

core and MD should have the same preferences file.

[rperre]

Thank you,

should have, i understand, but they don't.

Can i just copy the preferences file to the MD's? meaning this will not botch my install?

Richard

[posde]

Correct

[Beeker]

Hi All,
Attached is a list of the errors I am having whilst trying to do an update, I have modified the Pin priority to 500 still getting errors at the end of apt-get upgrade and apt-get update any help would be very much appreciated.....stuck in a rut

Cheers
Beeker

[wombiroller]

Beeker - are you running 0810 Beta?

[Beeker]

yes

[posde]

Beeker,

remove the avenard repo from your sources.list. You will still get a couple of not founds during apt-get update, but apt-get upgrade should run through.