Re: apt-get dist-upgrade doesn't downgrade to stable

[Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com>]

Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> writes:

> On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 07:18:18PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote:
>> 
>> [ ... ]
>
> I learned this in this list but reading manual page of apt-get (8)
> ...
>  --default-release
>    This  option controls the default input to the policy engine, it
>    creates a default  pin  at  priority  990  using  the  specified
>    release  string.  The preferences file may further override this
>    setting. In short, this option lets you have simple control over
>    which  distribution packages will be retrieved from. Some common
>    examples might be -t '2.1*' or -t unstable.  Configuration Item:
>    APT::Default-Release
>
> This is where it is documented.  Tricky :-)

Yes, I see it now, and it's less tricky than I thought.  I overlooked
it the first few times I read the manual, though, because at that time,
I didn't yet understand about /etc/apt/apt.conf.

Thank you.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com