Hello, need help again. Currently I have an all woody box and need to install some potato only packages.
Current sources.list is deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb file:/root debs/ To get packages from stable I'd need to copy the above and change 'testing' to 'stable' Then I'd need to create the preferences file which is my question. Can I simply touch preferences and add the following pinning data or do I need to tell dpkg to scan the installed packages? I ask because, for instance I have qmail installed and wouldn't want apt to go and get exim or reinstall portmapper and ftp if I'm fooling around with apt. Will these two statements suffice or do I need to also list the packages installed and give them a Pin-Priority: 100 or; pursuant that I want an all woody box should I change the Pin-Priority of stable to 95? That way my woody packaging scheme will remain as-is and apt will get the desired packages from stable, only if it can't find them in testing. Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 500 Thanks, justin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
