Re: apt pinning and getting linux-image-686 from unstable

[emikaadeo <emikaadeo@gmail.com>]

H.S. wrote:

> I suppose you meant 'wrong'. What is the correction? How about the
> following?
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> ~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 700
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 200
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> and to use "-t" with the package I want.
> 
> Would this work in tracking the newer version of the kernel package from
> unstable once I install it using -t?
> 

Yes. Once you installed kernel with -t from unstable aptitude will tracking 
any upgrades to this kernel. It will stop if the kernel migrates from 
unstable to testing.