Quoting Stefan Seefeld (2022-10-18 00:19:53) > Allow me to come back to this question: What determines what is > considered a "candidate", and what constraints exist around the concept > ? Why do I get an installation error when trying to install a package > that depends on an older (as in: not latest) version of a prerequisite > package ? Of each package, the candidate version is picked using the pin priority and its version. Higher pin and higher version wins. Apt will not consider non-candidate versions for its solution. If you want this feature, use a different solver backend (like aspcud) or a different frontend (like aptitude). Thanks! cheers, josch
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