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Re: Some myths regarding apt pinning



>>>>> "Russell" == Russell  <rjshaw@iprimus.com.au> writes:

Russell> Another way to install the odd package from testing or unstable
Russell> is to download the *.deb package with a browser download, then
Russell> use dpkg -i.

That isn't any better than pinning, since that won't pull in the
dependencies either.

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