Re: Two suggestions for woody release

[Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 10:18:43PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
>      apt-get --distribution=sid install FOO

apt-get install -t unstable foo
apt-get install foo/unstable

both work, if you've got a recent enough apt. And

apt-get source -b foo

often works too. It helps if you're familiar with the existing tools
before going off on "wouldn't it be nice if" digressions.

Cheers,
aj

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