:: Re: [devuan-dev] vlc_broken_in_asci…
Forside
Slet denne besked
Besvar denne besked
Skribent: golinux
Dato:  
Til: devuan developers internal list
Emne: Re: [devuan-dev] vlc_broken_in_ascii?
On 2018-06-04 23:41, Jaromil wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2018, fsmithred wrote:
>
>> On 06/04/2018 06:17 PM, KatolaZ wrote:
>> > On Mon, Jun 04, 2018 at 11:53:07PM +0200, Jaromil wrote:
>> >> vlc broken in ascii?
>> >>
>> >> a user on twitter reported that vlc is broken:
>> >> The package vlc 3.0.2-0+deb9u1 from ascii-security requires vlc-data of same version, but the only vlc-data package available has version 2.2.7-1~deb9u1.
>> >>
>> >> not sure we can fix this?
>> >
>> > This is just impossible. They are mixing repos or have pins in
>> > place. vlc is perfectly installable and working in ascii. I just
>> > upgraded it.
>> >
>> > My2Cents
>> >
>> > KatolaZ
>> >
>>
>> ...or they are using auto.mirror.devuan.org, which shows the older
>> version
>> for vlc-data:
>>
>>      3.0.2-0+deb9u1 0
>>        500 http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-security/main 
>> amd64

>>
>>      2.2.7-1~deb9u1 0
>>        100 http://auto.mirror.devuan.org/merged/ ascii-security/main 
>> amd64

>
>
> well spotted! me too just as Katolaz couldn't find the reason.
>
> now we know, is there any way we can avoid this situation created by
> use of auto.mirror? is it still the default in the installer, or where
> does it comes from?
>
> thanks
>
> _______________________________________________
>


Even if we burn new jessie isos (which might be a good idea anyway),
already installed systems could still be using auto.mirror.

Is there a way to force replacement of auto.mirror to deb.devuan.org on
an upgrade? Maybe a script could automate that?

golinux