On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 18:21:40 -0500, Mumia W.. wrote:
> On 10/04/2006 04:53 PM, Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 23:12:24 +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >>>>>On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 07:39:34PM +0200, Andreas Berglund wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi!
> >>>>>>I recently reinstalled debian stable on my box, but I would like to
> >>>>>>run some packages from testing. But after the reinstall I can't
> >>>>>>install anything from the testing repository, I get messages of
> >>>>>>dependencies that can't be met for everything. I have searched google
> >>>>>>and the man pages for apt-* and dpkg for a clue but I havent found
> >>>>>>anything. Does anyone now what's going on on or where I should look
> >>>>>>for a solution?
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >>This is my /etc/apt/preferences
> >>
> >>Package: *
> >>Pin: release a=stable
> >>Pin-Priority: 900
> >>
> >>Package: *
> >>Pin: release a=testing
> >>Pin-Priority: -1
> > ^^
> >
> >$ man apt_preferences 2>/dev/null | grep -A 1 'P < 0'
> > P < 0
> > prevents the version from being installed
> >
>
> Hmm, interesting. I've often wanted to be able to use aptitude to see
> what is available to users of testing and unstable--but without having
> any possibility of converting my system into testing or unstable.
>
> This seems to suggest that I can use that syntax to allow me to put
> testing in my sources.list without any risk of being able to install
> anything from testing.
>
> Is that correct?
I think it is, but I never tried it. On my Sid system I use a package
pin of 50 for experimental to keep these packages blocked unless I
specifically ask for one of them, e.g. because it fixes a bug that is
present in unstable. That works exactly as advertised in the manpages.
--
Regards,
Florian
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