On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:47:30PM -0700, Freeman wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 02:05:29PM -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > According to the backports instructions site in order to get updates in > > Lenny it's necessary to add pinning. There's another statement that > > this isn't required for Squeeze. Does Squeeze backports get updated > > along with the other repos via "apt-get update"? > > > > My squeeze-backports priority drops to 100 without pinning, while squeeze is > 990--apparently the /etc/apt/apt.conf Default-Release setting. > > I believe 990 is necessary to prioritize a package above an equal version of > the target release or the installed version. What about the statement on the backport instruction site to the effect that the pinning step is not required for Squeeze? -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
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