"Stig Are M. Botterli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hal Vaughan wrote: >> >> When thinking about this, I wonder: Is there a way to easily specify and add >> versions later than in stable for only specific packages? In other words, is >> there some way I can do an apt-get and specify Perl 5.8 (assuming it's >> already packaged) without having to move to the testing or unstable branch? > > Add the following line to /etc/apt/apt.conf: > APT::Default-Release "stable"; > > With this, apt-get will default to installing packages from stable. To > install a more up-to-date .deb if available, simply throw in '-t testing' or > '-t unstable' as an argument to apt-get. Works brilliantly. > > [ ... ]
I presume that this can also be done just as easily by putting a file with that line into the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d directory, correct? Also ... does anyone know if the "aptitude" program also abides by this APT::Default-Release property in /etc/apt/apt.conf? Thanks. -- Lloyd Zusman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
