Re: What's the best way to pull a package from unstable to a Woody system?
On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 09:51:52PM -0800, tluxt wrote:
> --- 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
> >
> > 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?
# apt-get install packagename/unstable
This get package from unstable. If some dependency requitres another
package from unstable, list that package too.
"--target unstable" also exists but I never used. Read "man apt-get"!
Also document installed by "apt-howto" are useful.
Oh, my web page below also has some hints. Cheers :)
--
~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~
+ Osamu Aoki <debian@aokiconsulting.com>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D +
+ My debian quick-reference, http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ +
Reply to: