Re: Debian-based distros ??

[Mental Patient <mental@neverlight.com>]

Ralph F. De Witt wrote:
> On Monday 06 October 2003 08:49 pm, Mental Patient wrote:
>
> > I also removed the apt-pinning that was going on.
>
> Mental:
> I do not understand what you mean by apt-pinning. The term is unfamilliar to
> me. How do I remove it?

Its in the apt howto. For the sake of brevity, here's a url:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-default-version

Also see section 3.10, it explains in detail what pinning is and how it 
works.

Short answer:
/etc/apt/preferences



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