Brian Nelson wrote: > modify my sources.list to get the latest package from unstable, but > typically I want my updates to come from woody. How come there isn't a > mechanism in apt that allows you to keep stable/testing/unstable > references in sources.list, specificy one as a default, and then allow > you to access others from the command line, something like: > > apt-get --dist=unstable install ... > > for example. Or is this possible and I'm missing out? > > Maybe it's something for an apt wishlist...
There is, you use pinning and apt-get install foo/unstable The following /etc/apt/preferences makes it use testing unless overridden even though there are entries for unstables in sources.list: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release o=Debian Pin-Priority: -10 -- see shy jo
