On 10/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/19/2007 10:45 AM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > > On 10/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 10/18/2007 10:47 PM, Gordon Pedersen wrote: > >>> [...] > >>> ...except, why were testing packages favored over stable? > >> By default, apt-get wants to install later versions of packages, so if > >> it sees both libc6 2.6.1 and libc6 2.3.6, apt-get will prefer the later > >> version, 2.6.1. > > > > Thanks. I guess apt doesn't sense that the system is "stable" - I > > wonder if there is a way to tell it so? Maybe by pinning "*" to > > stable, somehow? > > Yes. Read "man apt_preferences" to find out how to pin packages and > distributions.
Thank you. It's a lot to digest, but it is exactly focussed on what I'm trying to do. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
