Re: Firefox, Thunderbird etc.

[chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk]

> See http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html for more details. It
> works for me.

Joao Clemente <jpcl@rnl.ist.utl.pt> wrote:
> Hi Chris. I hope you can provide another reference to a more complete 
> explanation of apt-pinning, or that Sayantan has already basic knowledge 
> of it... cause I got lost while reading the link you provided, trying to 
> figure out where do some of the pinning values were comming from...

Me too. I think they're arbitrary, but I used the /etc/apt/preferences
example provided in that link and it "just works":

    Explanation: see http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html
    Package: *
    Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
    Pin-Priority: 900

    Package: *
    Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
    Pin-Priority: 300

    Package: *
    Pin: release o=Debian
    Pin-Priority: -1


I can now do this (as one line):

    apt-get update && apt-get -u dist-upgrade &&
    apt-get -t unstable install mozilla-thunderbird mozilla-firefox gaim

Chris