* John Schmidt <john.schmidt@utah.edu> [2005-09-22 10:49:29 -0600]:
>
> Bob,
>
> I have the following in /etc/apt/sources.list and /etc/apt/preferences:
>
> jas@puppy:~$ more /etc/apt/sources.list
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/ experimental main non-free contrib
> #deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/ experimental main non-free contrib
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/ unstable main non-free contrib
> #deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/ unstable main non-free contrib
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/ testing main non-free contrib
> #deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/ testing main non-free contrib
> deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
>
> deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ sid main
> #deb ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/debian sid
> main non-free
>
> # NDISWRAPPERS
> #deb http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/debian ./
> #deb http://rigtorp.se/debian/ unstable/
>
> #deb http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/ ./
> #deb-src http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian/ ./
> #deb http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian-fglrx-xfree86/ ./
> deb http://www.stanchina.net/~flavio/debian-fglrx-xorg/ ./
> #deb http://www.kalyxo.org/debian/ unstable main
> #deb http://cp.yi.org/apt/hibernate ./
>
> jas@puppy:~$ more /etc/apt/preferences
> Package: *
> Pin: release testing
> Pin-Priority: 900
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release unstable
> Pin-Priority: 600
>
> Package: xsupplicant
> Pin: version 1.0-1
> Pin-Priority: 400
>
Bob, find attached my /etc/apt/sources.list, /etc/apt/preferences, and
/etc/apt/apt.conf.
as you can see, there are a variety of ways to attack the problem
you've presented, but I agree that you should stay in the official
repositories as much as possible.
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Regards, Dave
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