On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 12:19:20PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > 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 >
Think OP was trying to use "sarge", not "stable". I think apt does not recognize "sarge" or "woody" or "etch" etc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
