Re: Moving from XFree to xorg with Debian sid

[Dave Patterson <sdpatt2@gmail.com>]

* Bob Alexander <bob@ngi.it> [2005-09-23 10:04:56 +0000]:


> 
> Just let me be sure I understand. With a setup similar to the above:
> 
> 1) "aptitude install PKG1" would be installing PKG1 from testing
> 
> 2) "aptitude update; aptitude upgrade" would be upgrading packages with 
> new releases from testing
> 
> 3) "aptitude install PKG1/unstable" would upgrade from the current 
> testing package PKG1 release to the unstable PKG1 version
> 
> In this case, if I use command 2 next time, will it keep on tracking the 
> unstable updates to PKG1 or never upgrade it since it only tracks 
> testing as default ??
> 
Well, that depends.  On time.  If command 2 is used after
PKG1/unstable has moved to testing, then the package will be upgraded
as a testing upgrade, because your preferences are set to testing.
The package numbers don't change as the package is moved from unstable
to testing, so apt will look for the next incremental upgrade from
your preference.

I keep all three (stable, testing, and unstable) in my sources.list,
and set preferences to testing.  If I see something I just gotta have
in unstable, I go ahead and grab it. To satisfy dependencies, it will
first look in testing, then stable.  If it can't be done that way,
then I have a choice: Wait a little bit for the dependency prob to be
sorted by the Deb crews, or I can try to get it with:
apt-get -t unstable pkg/umpty-scratch
which will try to satisfy the dependency prob all from unstable.
Welcome to Debian Nirvana.
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Regards, Dave
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