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Re: What is the preferred way to install packages from testing/unstable in stable?



On Mon,18.May.09, 16:28:55, Barclay, Daniel wrote:
> Michael M. Moore wrote:
> ...
> > mcubed@drifter:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
> > APT::Default-Release "stable";
> > APT::Cache-Limit 33554432;
> 
> At some time in the past, APT::Default-Release worked only with the status-based
> release names (stable, testing, etc.) but didn't work (and didn't report any
> error message) when given release code names (e.g., lenny, sid, etc.)
> 
> Has that been fixed yet?
 
Short answer: No. Long answer: see #97564, #254716, #423234 and #509471.

> If not, how can one avoid having aptitude try to upgrade you to a newly
> release version (before you more directly choose to)?

I'd be interested in a solution as well.

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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