Jorge Santos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hello, I want apt-get to get some packages from unstable (using >something like apt-get install postgresql/unstable), but for all the >other packages I want the versions in testing (so that doing an >'apt-get install postgresql install the version from testing), but I >think if I just edit sources.list and add the unstable sources then >the following 'apt-get install foo' will install the version from >unstable (when I whould like it to install the version from testing), >I hope I stated my problem clearly :) Does anyone knows how I can >achieve this?
You can pin your system to testing; the apt_preferences(5) man page describes how, and Joey Hess explained it on this list just last Friday. Try this in /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release o=Debian Pin-Priority: -10 -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
