Re: apt preferences (was Re: Mozilla 1.2.1)

[Russell <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au>]

Jeff Cours wrote:

> I generally manage packages using dselect. I'm running testing, but 
> would like to pick up a package or two from unstable (namely, Mozilla 
> 1.2.1, rather than the 1.0.0 that's in stable). However, I'd still like 
> the machine to be mostly based on testing and stable. Is there a way to 
> tell dselect to show me available packages from unstable? Or is that 
> something people generally use apt-get to do? Here is my current 
> /etc/apt/preferences...

I don't think dselect has the right options.

Add:
  deb fpt://... unstable main contrib non-free
in /etc/apt/sources.list

Then: apt-get install mozilla/unstable

Then comment out
  deb fpt://... unstable main contrib non-free
in /etc/apt/sources.list