* nuxer@free.fr (nuxer@free.fr) [020807 05:16]: > Before the woody release, I was using testing and unstable. > I did a few apt-get upgrade even once woody was released as stable. > Now, I'd like to remove the testing+unstable packages I got. > > So, as stated in apt howto, I created /etc/apt/apt.conf : > --- > APT::Default-Release "stable"; > --- > > And /etc/apt/preferences : > --- > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 1001 > --- > > But when I issue an "apt-get dist-upgrade", it still fetch packages > from testing and unstable. It seems like with that preference in place it should downgrade packages whose testing/unstable versions are in use and also for which a version exists in stable. For a package not found in stable, there's nothing to downgrade to, so the testing/unstable version will stay. Also, this may be silly, but I have to ask: did you "apt-get update"? > ( I leave testing+unstable in my sources.list as I may want to "apt-get -t > testing package". Btw, is "apt-get package/testing" the same ?) apt-get install package/testing requests the testing version of a specific package, honoring your other preferences about which distro to choose extra packages from. apt-get -t testing install package sets testing as the default release for the current operation, meaning depended-upon packages will be chosen from testing as well. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- #include<stdio.h> int main() { puts("Reader! Think not that \n" "technical information \n" "ought not be called speech;"); return 0; }
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