Re: Frustration with randome number generator vuln and ssh

[Lothar Ketterer <superapotheker@m-air.de>]

Hi,

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 12:40:19AM +0300, Riku Valli wrote:
> >If I choose install a package from stable and there is a newer copy in 
> >testing (which I'm using) apt-get will try to replace that package on 
> >the next apt-get upgrade. Is there any way to counteract this?
> >
> >regards
> >-- 
> >yosh
> >yosh@yosh.se
> >
> >
> May be you should read this
> 
> http://wiki.debian.org/AptPinning

this was also my first thought, but i think in this case he just needs
to put the package on hold as he is using the newer release (testing)
and wants to keep a single package from an older release. Pinning, i
guess, is mostly used for the opposite case.

Best regards,
Lothar