Also sprach Shawn Lamson (Wed 18 Jun 02003 at 11:58:17PM -0400): > On Wed, June 18 at 8:32 PM EDT > "Michael D. Schleif" <mds@helices.org> wrote: > > > What do I *not* understand about apt defaults and preferences? I was > > at woody/stable for a year. Recently, I've taken the plunge and > > upgraded to testing, and I think that I am configured to stay at > > testing: > > > > # cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > > APT::Cache-Limit 12582912; > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > You can refer to the following link for some preferences settings. > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html > If you don't want *any* packages from unstable then comment out that > line from /etc/apt/sources.list > > > # cat /etc/apt/preferences > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=stable > > Pin-Priority: 1000 > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=testing > > Pin-Priority: 1000 > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=unstable > > Pin-Priority: 0 > > > > > > However, I just did this: > > > > # sudo dselect update > > > > And, I get this result: > > > > # sudo apt-get upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done > > The following packages have been kept back > > aptitude kdeartwork synaptic w3m > > 13 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not > > upgraded. Need to get 8642kB of archives. After unpacking 477kB will > > be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > > Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main sysv-rc 2.85-4 [23.8kB] > > Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main sysvinit 2.85-4 [80.8kB] > > Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main initscripts 2.85-4 > > [13.1kB] Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main debconf 1.2.42 > > [138kB] Get:5 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main ispell > > 3.1.20.0-2 [156kB] Get:6 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main > > iamerican 3.1.20.0-2 [411kB] Get:7 http://http.us.debian.org > > unstable/main whiptail 0.51.4-10 [26.8kB] Get:8 > > http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main debconf-utils 1.2.42 [98.3kB] > > Get:9 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main gs 7.07-1 [3013kB] > > Get:10 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main kdeartwork-misc > > 4:3.1.2-2 [3711kB] Get:11 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main > > kdeartwork-style 4:3.1.2-2 [27.0kB] Get:12 http://http.us.debian.org > > unstable/main kdeartwork-theme-window 4:3.1.2-2 [117kB] Get:13 > > http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main kscreensaver 4:3.1.2-2 [827kB] > > Fetched 8642kB in 39s (216kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... > > > > > > I do *NOT* want to upgrade to un-stable! > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > Shawn Lamson > shawn.lamson@verizon.net > Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 Yes, I understand this. However, I am trying to understand how defaults/preferences work. Based on the preferences set, I fail to see how my update installs so much un-stable ?!?! Is there some better document to explain this than the apt howto? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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