Re: APT

[Jens Ritter <jens@weh.rwth-aachen.de>]

Phillip Neumann <filsin@bigfoot.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> Im with hamm, and want some packages from slink like gnome. What is the
> recomended way to obtain this packages? If i select the unstable dir of
> a debian ftp in the apt configuration, apt said it will dowload the
> selected packages (gnome) plus upgrade the `old' packages of hamm to the
> unstable of slink. I dont want to do that becose of the unstability of
> slink. What sould i do to make apt get only the new packages and NOT to
> upgrade the installed ones? 

I use dselect for upgrades (it is only pointed to the stable tree via
ftp-method). I use apt-get install xyz, if I want packages from slink.

HTH,

Jens

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