Re: apt preferences semantics (was Re: Shall I upgrade to Woody?)
On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 09:17:50PM -0400, dman wrote:
> | > I just installed galeon and mozilla-psm (neat!) using the preferences
> | > stuff. When I tried
[snip]
> | 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
Dah, I was wondering what use of PIN < 100. Now IT IS CLEAR !!!
So low 100's are good for tracking unstable forever and 10s are good for
tentatively jumpint to unstable for particular package. ;-)
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