Re: How to track *part* of unstable?
On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 05:24:57PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org> wrote:
> >The closest I've come is:
> >
> >- Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point at potato
> >- apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade
> >- Edit /etc/apt/sources.list to point at woody
> >- apt-get update ; apt-get install foo bar baz
>
> That, I think, is the best advice for current apt, though if you're
> tracking potato you'll need to point sources.list back to potato again
> at the end.
Not a bad idea, but (on machines where I actively maintain mixed versions)
I've gotten myself into the habit of editing sources.list and doing an
apt-get update at the start of every apt operation. With that habit, it
doesn't matter where you left sources.list pointing.
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