[Synaptic-devel] Re: apt_preferences and Synaptic

[Mike Snitzer]

On Tue, Mar 11 2003 at 17:09,
Gustavo Niemeyer <address@hidden> wrote:

> > > Hummm.. it looks like we have a broken algorithm here. Does it install
> > > the right package if you go and ask Synaptic to install whatever it
> > > has "available"?
> > 
> > Nope; unfortunately it doesn't.
> 
> Can you please double-check that affirmation, installing the same
> package with apt-get and synaptic? The later seems to use the internal
> apt-pkg library algorithms in that part, so it would be really weird
> if it resulted in a different package being installed.
> 
> Thanks for helping.

Ah ha; you are correct.  It does install the appropriate package; sorry
about misleading you.  So in the end it seems as though Synaptic just
isn't displaying the correct, higher priority, version of packages. 

Mike