Zach wrote: > On 7/8/07, Jonathan Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Just today I >> wanted to upgrade amarok to 1.4.6 and as a result installed newer >> versions of a couple of other packages. That certainly unblocked things >> because when I did my normal upgrade I had 193 upgrades to make. I take >> this to be normal. If I'm in a rush for a newer version (as today) I can >> alt-pin it or > > How do you alt-pin? I've seen this before where I wanted to upgrade > just one package but `apt-get upgrade` would install many. It would be > cool to only upgrde what I wanted at the time. > > Zach 1. In your /etc/apt folder create a file called "preferences" which looks something like this Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600
Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 2. If you want something from Sid (unstable) then do this: aptitude -t unstable install <name of package you want from Sid> That's it. aptitude (apt-get) will default to testing unless you specify otherwise. Cheers, Jonathan -- Registerd Linux user #445917 at http://counter.li.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
