Re: apt pin-priority and /etc/apt/preferences file
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 03:13:49PM -0800, justin cunningham wrote:
> Will these two statements suffice or do I need to also list the packages
> installed and give them a Pin-Priority: 100 or; pursuant that I want an
> all woody box should I change the Pin-Priority of stable to 95? That
> way my woody packaging scheme will remain as-is and apt will get the
> desired packages from stable, only if it can't find them in testing.
Do something like this
Package: foo
Pin: release a=potato
Pin-Priority: 950
Set a priotrity greater than 1000 if you want do downgrade those
packages from woody to potato (for the case that you have already
installed them from woody).
For the rest, I think you can trust apt_preferences. I do have a mixture
of woody/sid on all the boxes here my self and I never had a problem
like the one you're afraid of.
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 900
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 500
>
> Thanks, justin
>
Ionut
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