GNOME repository for Debian

Joey Hess joey@kitenet.net
Fri, 2 Jul 1999 10:59:49 -0700


Alan DuBoff wrote:
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> 
> I wonder if it's because I have stable listed after unstable? Sean
> mentioned that apt-get was smart enough to figure out what the latest
> version was, but do I need to list those the other way around?

No, ordering only matters in the sources list of apt finds it can download
the same version of a package from two sites -- it will prefer the first
listed.

Apt always gets the latest version it can, ignoring earlier versions on
other sites.

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see shy jo