Hello, Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine.
I am thinking of using apt pinning. I know that I need to set the default release to "testing" in apt.conf, add unstable sources to sources.list and then create /etc/apt/preferences file specifying the package I want from unstable and its priority. Something like: ---------------------------------------------------------------- ~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 Package: <package to be pulled from unstable> Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 1000 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: -1 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Now, what do I put in place of <package to be pulled from unstable>? Should be linux-image-2.6.29-1-686? In this case, only this version of the kernel would be pulled from Unstable and no updates? Or should it be linux-image-2.6-686? But this would then just check unstable for updates to the default kernel in testing and ignore the updates to the default testing package of the same name, right? Or should I use: Package: linux-image-2.6-686 Pin: release a=unstable, version 2.6.29* Pin-Priority: 1000 Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
