Re: The implications of installing from the unstable release
On Fri, 19 Jul 2002 19:43:12 +0100 Matthew Hambley
<matthew@aether.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> I am keen to try out the 'subversion' version control program for which
> there is a package in the unstable pool. After having read the
> apt-howto it appears that the best way to do this would be to add lines
> such as
>
> > deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
>
> to my sources.list file and specify
>
> > APT::Default-Release "testing";
>
> in apt.conf.
Yep, that'll do it.
> Are there any gotcha's I should be aware of in doing this. for
> instance, what happens when there is a more recent version of a package
> in unstable and I 'apt-get upgrade'?
Nothing, that's the beauty of the Default-Release setting.
> What happens when a package
> migrates from unstable to testing?
Just the same as now.
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Jamin W. Collins
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