Re: apt: pin: how to debug?
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 05:24:16AM -0600, Taral wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 03:09:30PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 08:26:55PM -0800, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > Speaking of pins, does anyone have a pin setup to make apt follow
> > > testing, but let you override to get stuff from unstable?
> >
> > I have /etc/apt/preferences set to:
> > Package: *
> > Pin: release a=testing
> > Pin-Priority: 900
>
> More on pins: I can't get origin pins to work. This doesn't work, for
> example:
>
> Package: package
> Pin: origin http://host/path/to/debian/
> Pin-Priority: -1
>
> Is this not the correct format for a pin? If it's not, then that man
> page _really_ needs some clarification. (It needs clarification anyway.)
Yep, it sure does.
You're looking for Pin: release o=Debian
(no 'origin', no URL - look at Release files to see the proper names
for Origin:).
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Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer
Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team
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