Re: What's the best way to pull a package from unstable to a Woody system?

[tluxt <tluxt@yahoo.com>]

--- Scott Henson <shenson2@wvu.edu> wrote:
> > Use the pinning feature of apt. In /etc/apt/preferences, enter
> > 
> > Package: kghostview
> > Pin: release a=unstable
> > Pin-Priority: 200
> 
> Acctually you can pin the entire unstable distribution.  Add the
> unstable deb sources in your sources.list  Then create the above
> mentioned file.  then add this:
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: realease a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 50
> 
> That way you can apt-get anything from unstable whenever you want it.

How, in that scenario, does one cause something to be gotten from unstable,
rather than stable?  And vice versa?
Ie, what specific apt-get command would be used?

Thanks!


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