On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 10:06:24 -0500 "Daniel B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:43:54 -0500 > > "Daniel B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>When I run "aptitude --target sarge install ...", aptitude doesn't > >>listen to the instruction to install a version from Sarge; it installs > >>a version from Testing. (I have both Sarge and Testing mirrors in > >>my APT sources list file.) > >> > >>What needs to be done to get "--target ..." (or APT::Default-Release) > >>to work? > >> > ... > > > > Hhhm... from man aptitude it seems the long option is --target-release > > (or -t). > > Aptitude accepts (sufficiently unambiguous) abbreviations of long option > names. The form "--target" appears to be sufficient. (Note in my > follow-up message that "--target" worked when I used the release name > "stable". Also, aptitude rejects unrecognized options--try "aptitude > -targetJunkToMakeUnrecognized".) > > > > And you didn't specify what is your default release, if you did set one > > in /etc/apt/apt.conf > > If you didn't set it maybe you should... > > Why would I need to specify a default release when I'm specify a target > release on the aptitude command line? > > (Note that it was because setting the default release to "sarge" in > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/xxx doesn't work that I was trying "aptitude -t".) AFAIK the default release is set in the file /etc/apt/apt.conf with an entry like APT::Default-Release "stable"; This works for me, and I have a mixed system, mostly Sarge. When I want to install something from testing or unstable I just use the -t switch HTH Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
