Re: Please help me understand APT pinning...

[Michael Goetze <mgoetze@mgoetze.net>]

Hi Boyd,

> I think in both these cases you are being bit by having APT::Default-Release 
> "testing" in /etc/apt/apt.conf(.d).  The relevant quote from man 5 
> apt_preferences is "The target release can be set on the apt-get command line  
> or in the APT configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf. Note that this has 
> precedence over any general priority you set in the /etc/apt/preferences file 
> described later, but not over specifically pinned packages."

thanks for the pointer, which has enabled me to solve my problem.

Regards,
Michael