Re: sources.list directory specification

[Scott Ferguson <prettyfly.productions@gmail.com>]

On 04/09/11 17:11, Lisi wrote:
> On Saturday 03 September 2011 10:35:53 Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 03/09/11 08:27, Lisi wrote:
>
> > So - you are just doing as I suggested. Being selective (except you were
> > doing it long before I suggested it, and I was only echoing the
> > documentation)
> >
> > "Hidden" in my original post was this:-
> >
> > > > > Yes - though you might consider reading up on pinning.
> >
> > ;-p
>
> Yes, I saw that - but I in my turn was obviously not making myself clear. ;-)
>
> "Hidden" in my post was the point that I did nothing.  Debian did it without
> my lifting a finger!  (Stars and emphasis added now.)
>
> > > installed from there.  The marvellous ***Debian sets the pinning
> > > appropriately __automatically__:***
> > >
> > > /etc/apt/preferences
> > >
> > > Package: * Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 200
>
> Lisi

Worse - I *did* read it....
It. Just. Did. Not. Sink. In.

Clearly you need longer nails and a bigger hammer to make the point sink 
in!  ;-p
(mea culpa)

Just checked, Squeeze doesn't seem to auto-pin

Cheers

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