apt/preferences docs
i am running woody and i am looking for decent documentation for the
debian package management system.
so far i went through the manpages and the debian-handbook. what i am
still missing is a more in-depth description of how to get complete
control from where apt pulls its packages.
lets say i want to run stable but have (very) few packages from
non-debian locations (eg. videolan.org).
is this mainly a /etc/apt/preferences issue...? i think i learned how to
handle stable/testing/unstable, but how to tell apt to get a back-ported
package x from repository y? What do i have to write instead of eg.
'o=Debian' if it is a 3rd party repository? -> (my preferences file can
be found at the end of this message).
however any links to examples and docs regarding this topic would be
highly welcome. maybe there is a good book out there too?
thanks for any help
rolf
# my /etc/apt/preferences-file:
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable,v=3.0*
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 300
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