* Tal Danzig (tal@libranet.com) [011012 08:55]: > * On Fri Oct 12, 2001 11:32:47 -0400, Bruce Miller wrote: > > I am running Libranet 1.191 updated to woody with KDE from sid. > > The version of apt in woody has been 0.5.3; as of yesterday, it > > upgraded to 0.5.4. > > > > This version of apt has a feature to download a file from a different > > release without changing /etc/apt/sources.list. N.B. The feature is > > new as of woody; it does not yet exist in the potato version of apt. > > The syntax is: ``apt-get install foobar/release" where release is one > > of stable|testing|unstable. > > I think that you still need to have the woody and sid lines in your > sources.list along with the potato lines. I think there is also a file > somewhere that you can use to specify the default dist (e.g. get > packages from stable unless otherwise stated, etc.) That's /etc/apt/preferences. help is available in apt_preferences(5) good times, -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. echo Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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