In <h06nj1$fo...@ger.gmane.org>, emikaadeo wrote: >H.S. wrote: >> Can somebody tell me if the following is possible using apt pinning? I >> want to install the newer version of kernel (linux-image-2.6-686, ver >> now is, I think, 2.6.29-3) from Untable to my Testing machine. >> >> I am thinking of using apt pinning. Something like: >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> ~$ 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 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >Would it be easier to just pin unstable repo like this? : > >Package: * >Pin: release a=testing >Pin-Priority: 700 > >Package: * >Pin: release a=unstable >Pin-Priority: 500 > >and then install newer kernel by: >aptitude -t unstable install linux-image-2.6.29-2-686
If you are just following Squeeze/Sid then it's even simpler. After adding unstable to sources.list, set APT::Default-Release to "testing" in apt.conf. Now testing will have a priority of 900, unstable will have a priority of 500, and installed packages will (still) have a priority of 100. Then run the aptitude install command provided by emikaadeo. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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