On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 01:26:24PM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote:
> * Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 07:58:03AM -0700, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 07:38:34AM -0700, David Roundy wrote:
> > > > You can have both unstable and testing in your sources.list, and then 
> > > > set
> > > > up apt preferences as so:
> > > > 
> > > > $ cat /etc/apt/preferences
> > > > Package: *
> > > > Pin: release a=testing
> > > > Pin-Priority: 900
> > > >  
> > > > Package: *
> > > > Pin: release a=unstable
> > > > Pin-Priority: 101
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Where is this nice feature documented?  Curious.  In the source ??? ;-)
> > > What is "Pin" and "Pin-Priority"?
> > 
> > man 5 apt_preferences
> > 
> 
> I presume this is in woody.  It doesn't show up in my man pages.

Correct.  Though it's been removed from the quoting, the original
message specified that this worked in the versions of apt in testing
and unstable.

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