Re: how to update Debian OS properly
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Andrei POPESCU
<andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Vi, 25 mai 12, 15:36:40, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Fri, 2012-05-25 at 18:28 +0500, Muhammad Yousuf Khan wrote:
>>>
>>> In conclusion i found out that i should stick to stable and should not
>>> play with the source list until unless it is necessary. even if i add
>>> a repo then i must comment it after installing the "whatever package"
>>
>> Yesno. I'll say yes, somebody else might recommend
>> http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
>
> That article, while still useful,
>
> - mentions non-US which has been discontinued long time ago (sarge?)
> - uses sources + pinning by release not code-name[1]
>
> [1] this may be due to a bug in apt where pinning by codename was not
> possible, fixed in the meantime (lenny?).
>
> I seem to remember the Debian Reference has a good guide to pinning and
> it is up-to-date (thanks to Osamu Aoki).
I remember but I can't find a confirmation via google that apt-get has
been patched so that, if you're running stable, "apt-get
package/testing" now meets dependencies from testing just like
"apt-get -t testing package" does (which contradicts the url above).
Can anyone confirm or infirm this?
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