[Mono-list] Access to (recent) older versions of mono in the download.mono-project.com debian repository

Wed Nov 25 02:58:49 UTC 2015

Ah, found a workaround here:

https://bugzilla.xamarin.com/show_bug.cgi?id=24902

> A workaround is to add /. to the end of the distribution, so the line in
> sources.list looks similar to
>
> deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy/snapshots/3.12.0/. main
>
>
This seems to have worked, though I'm not sure why.

Thanks,

River

On 25 November 2015 at 13:55, River Satya <river.satya at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just tried adding:
>
> deb http://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian wheezy/snapshots/4.0.5.1
>> main
>>
>
> and got the following error:
>
> W: Conflicting distribution: http://download.mono-project.com
>> wheezy/snapshots/4.0.5.1 InRelease (expected wheezy/snapshots but got
>> wheezy)
>
>
> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> River
>
> On 24 November 2015 at 08:58, River Satya <river.satya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alexander!
>>
>> Thanks for the detailed reply. The new format looks good to me. I think
>> it will work really well for our purposes.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> River
>>
>> On 14 November 2015 at 01:02, Alexander Köplinger [via Mono] <[hidden
>> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4667019&i=0>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> We discussed this and agree that there should be a way to get a specific
>>> version from the repositories.
>>> The only problem is that we can't fix it retroactively because the
>>> repository management software doesn't support it.
>>>
>>> Going forward and starting with the upcoming Mono 4.2 release, we'll
>>> snapshot each new release using it's 4-part version, i.e. you'll be able to
>>> use the following snapshot repos:
>>>
>>> wheezy/snapshots/X.XX.X.XX  <-- specific 4-part version
>>> wheezy/snapshots/X.XX.X <-- symlink to latest 4-part version
>>> wheezy/snapshots/X.XX <-- symlink to latest 4-part version
>>>
>>> We're still discussing whether we should also snapshot the ~0xamarinX
>>> pushes. Those are used to correct packaging issues that don't warrant a
>>> separate release. We're currently leaning towards not snapshotting those.
>>>
>>> It'd be great to get your feedback on this, does the above work for your
>>> use case?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> - Alex
>>>
>>>
>>> 2015-11-13 11:21 GMT+01:00 River Satya <[hidden email]
>>> <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4666967&i=0>>:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Timotheus, but the issue is not that we're getting unrequested
>>>> upgrades; Ubuntu does not do /that/ fortunately!!
>>>>
>>>> The issue is that when we deploy a new server, I want to know what
>>>> version it is getting. I want the new servers to have the same mono version
>>>> as the existing ones.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this is clear now.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> River
>>>>
>>>> On 13 November 2015 at 18:10, Timotheus Pokorra [via Mono] <[hidden
>>>> email] <http:///user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4666961&i=0>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> > out deployment broke again :( ). I'm really happy to see new
>>>>> versions
>>>>> > getting pushed, but we need to be able to make conscious decisions
>>>>> about
>>>>> > if/when to upgrade.
>>>>> You can comment the xamarin repo line in your /etc/apt sources list,
>>>>> so that it will not check for new updates.
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