apt pinning specific dovecot version

[aki.tuomi at dovecot.fi]

> On April 27, 2016 at 12:34 AM Gedalya <gedalya at gedalya.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04/26/2016 05:26 PM, Regan Jelčić wrote:
> > I currently have the dovecot-core package from wheezy-backports pinned on one of my servers to version '2.2.9', which has been working great. I now want to upgrade that to the newest version under wheezy-backports which is:
> >
> > dovecot-core (1:2.2.13-11~bpo70+1)
> > but I can't figure out how to get do it. I've tried a few different formats of the name but apt-get update then apt-get dost-upgrade doesn't pick up the new version - it ignores it when trying to do an update.
> >
> > This is what I've got in my apt preferences and pin files...
> >
> > /etc/apt/preferences
> >
> > Explanation: Stop ALL wheezy-backports updating system.
> > Package: *
> > Pin: release a=wheezy-backports,n=wheezy-backports
> > Pin-Priority: 100 
> > /etc/apt/preferences.d/dovecot.pref
> >
> > Explanation: Promote wheezy-backports version of Dovecot only
> > Package: dovecot-core /2\.2\.9/
> > Pin: release a=wheezy-backports
> > Pin-Priority: 500
> > Can anyone advise how I get it to pull the newer version??
> >
> > Thanks,
> 
> Have you tried something like:
> apt-get --only-upgrade -twheezy-backports install dovecot-core dovecot-imapd ....


Have you tried removing dovecot.pref?
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Aki Tuomi