[DRE-maint] Resolved Re: Possible to install ruby in debian stable?

[Gordon Pedersen]

On 10/18/07, Lucas Nussbaum <lucas at lucas-nussbaum.net> wrote:
> On 18/10/07 at 18:35 -0500, Gordon Pedersen wrote:
> > Is it possible to install ruby in debian stable at this moment in time?
> >
> > When I try, it appears that the following dependency chain
> >
> >    ruby -> ruby1.8 -> libruby1.8 -> libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6) [i386]
> >
> > leads apt-get to want to install packages from the "testing" dist.
> >
> > It decides to remove stable package libc6 (2.3.6.ds1-13etch2), then
> > goes to get libc6 (2.6.1-1+b1 Debian:testing) and continues on with
> > testing pkgs.
>
> Hi,
>
> can you copy the content of /etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/apt/preferences?

Sorry for delay - just found your msg in spam quarantine from Friday.

This was resolved.  I had "testing" dist in sources.list, no favoring
of "stable" in preferences file or elsewhere.  In that case apt will
install later versions, which seems to explain the symptoms I
observed.

When I removed "testing" from sources.list and did an update, I got a
clean "stable" install of ruby.  Thanks.