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txwikinger
Asked: 2010-09-05 14:46:18 +0800 CST

How can I make sure that pinning with apt-get is compatible with virtual packages?

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In order to allow php5.2 being used on lucid, I created a ppa (ppa:txwikinger/php5.2) and build several php5.2 packages there. In order to prefer those packages I have given instructions to pin them. However, the packages php5-mcrypt and php5-imap do not correctly load due to the dependency to phpapi, even phpapi is provided by i.e. php5-cgi, php5-cli which are available. What is the problem?

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  1. Best Answer

    I found the problem. I made a mistake with the pinning conditions.

    Edit:

    The version of the pinning did not match what could be found or was missing for the package depending on the virtual package.

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