On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:59:19PM +1000, Jaime Tarrant wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:08:38AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: [snip] >>> >>> Package: * >>> Pin: release o=Debian, a=experimental >>> Pin-Priority: 550 >> >> your numbers seem very high my preferences is >> package: * >> pin: >> release a=unstable >> >> Pin-Priority: 100 >> >> >> >> >> package: * >> >> pin: release >> a=experimental >> Pin-Priority: 50 >> >> [snip] >>> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a >>> subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >>> listmaster@lists.debian.org >>> >>> >> > > The number range -1 thru 1000+ is perfectly acceptable. Excerpt from: > > # man 5 apt_preferences > > P > 1000 > causes an instance to be installed even if this constitutes a > downgrade of the package > > 990 < P <=1000 > causes an instance to be installed even if it does not come from > the target release, unless the installed instance is more recent > > 500 < P <=990 > causes an instance to be installed unless there is an instance > available belonging to the target release or the installed version is > more recent > > 100 < P <=500 > causes an instance to be installed unless there is an instance > available belonging to some other distribution or the installed > version is more recent > > 0 <= P <=100 > causes an instance to be installed only if there is no installed > instance of the package > > P < 0 prevents the instance from being installed > > - > > Hope that helps. yeah new about that, my meaning was more along the lines of if you are trying to follow testing then the number he picked might be a bit high 550 for experimental ? > > Regards, > Jaime > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- I'd put my money where my mouth is, but my mouth keeps moving. -- Larry Wall in <199704051723.JAA28035@wall.org>
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