* dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) [011018 09:39]: > However, it doesn't seem that apt does what _I_ want it to do right > now. I want to follow woody, except for a couple things that are > only available in sid. So the semantics I want are : install package > from sid plus deps. Everything else is woody. When that package > eventually gets to woody, have the package follow woody and not sid. > It seems from the man page that once I install something from sid I'm > stuck with sid for that package, unless maybe I explicitly force the > package(s) to woody. The modify-sources-install-return-sources has > the semantics I want, except that I have to remember to return my > sources.list (which I forgot once on my desktop). > > I just installed galeon and mozilla-psm (neat!) using the preferences > stuff. When I tried > > apt-get -s install galeon > > I was told that lots of stuff was too old. When I did > > apt-get -s -t unstable install galeon > > I was told that lots of stuff not needed by galeon would be installed > too. I eventually did a > > apt-get install galeon <package1>/unstable ... <packagen>/unstable > > to get all of galeon's dependencies. While it worked, I don't think > that is the Right Way to do it. Also, it seems that those packages > will be "stuck" at coming from sid even when they enter woody. > > Enlightenment is welcomed :-) USe a default pin between 0 and 100 for unstable. This will give your installed version higher priority(100) than any new unstable versions, but lower priority than any new woody versions (whose default pin I assume you have set in the high hundreds). As long as your woody priority is less than 1000, packages selected fom unstable won't be downgraded/removed in the meantime. This will solve the problem of packages getting "stuck" in sid, but I can't give a good answer on how to fix the first problem of having to manually specify package1/unstable package2/unstable package3/unstable. HTH and 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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