On Mon, 11 Feb 2002 19:11:31 -0800 (PST) tluxt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gustavo: A definitive version of this topic should also probably be put > into the APT HowTo: > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/index.en.html > You could probably do a whole chapter on pinning & APT::Default-Release > and how to pull packages, and apt-get upgrade properly, > replacing your current section 3.7. :) ] sure, I've been thinking about rewriting that mess for some time now, all mails belonging to this thread were already saved on my APT-HOWTO folder to serve as reference for my rewrite ;) you're doing a good work, thanks... btw, from what I've read 'till now, I think the easier -- and that will work better -- way of doing what you want is using APT::Default-Release "testing"; and installing explicitly unstable packages... no messing with difficult to understand priorities and stuff []s! -- Gustavo Noronha Silva - kov <http://www.metainfo.org/kov> *---------* -+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+-+ | .''`. | Debian GNU/Linux: <http://www.debian.org> | | : :' : + Debian BR.......: <http://debian-br.cipsga.org.br>+ | `. `'` + Q: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" + | `- | A: "Upstream's decision." -- hmh | *---------* -+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+--+-+-+
