On Tuesday 17 February 2009 07:02:38 Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I've been using Debian for more than three years now, but always using the > official DVDs of the most current stable version: first Sarge, and then > Etch. > > Recently, many times I've been needing to use a testing/unstable Debian > version for many applications that were too old in stable Debian, so now > I'm thinking of switching to a testing/unstable Debian version for good. > > Now, my question is: which one is more advisable, testing or unstable? All of it! Example /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 500 Package: * Pin: release a=experimental Pin-Priority: 300 Example /etc/apt/sources.list: # Debian deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian testing main contrib non-free deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian experimental main contrib non-free # Security deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-security testing/updates main contrib non-free # Volatile deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-volatile stable/volatile main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-volatile stable/volatile main contrib non-free # Backports deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-backports lenny-backports main contrib non-free # Multimedia deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia stable main deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia stable main deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia testing main deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia testing main deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia unstable main deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia unstable main deb http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia experimental main deb-src http://127.0.0.1:9999/debian-multimedia experimental main Example /etc/approx/approx.conf: # Here are some examples of remote repository mappings. # See http://www.debian.org/mirror/list for mirror sites. debian http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian debian-security http://security.debian.org/debian-security debian-volatile http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile debian-backports http://www.backports.org/debian debian-multimedia http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ # The following are the default parameter values, so there is # no need to uncomment them unless you want a different value. # See approx.conf(5) for details. $interface lo #$port 9999 $max_wait 30 #$max_rate unlimited #$user approx #$group approx #$syslog daemon #$pdiffs true #$verbose false #$debug false -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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