On Wednesday 24 August 2005 00.06, Paul E Condon wrote: > 2. There is a system for controlling which (stable,testing,unstable) is > the dominant distribution in your apt-get system. It is called 'apt > preferences'. If you really want to complicate your life with a mixed > distribution installation, you really must become familiar with apt > preferences. It does work, but it is not easy to understand. I think I > have figured it out, but I then found that having the very latest stuf > wasn't worth the effort (for me). YMMV. ... and an esesntial bit of information: the documentation is in the 'apt_preferences' man page - so, just type 'man apt_preferences' in a terminal. This stuff is really good, but it's also really non-trivial, because you need to understand quite a lot about how package dependencies and apt work in detail. cheers -- vbi -- Could this mail be a fake? (Answer: No! - http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/intro)
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