OS : Lenny 5.0.3 I have installed openoffice from backports and transmission-gtk from unstable.
I have read a couple of articles about installing packages from stable, unstable, etc.. and pinning of packages. My sources.list entries are as follows : deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free #deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free #deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main non-free contrib After I have installed transmission-gtk, I commented out the line of unstable. I did not created /etc/spt/preference file. I am still averse to pinning of packages. Do I need to create a prefernce file ? and is it compulsory ? Are there any more lines need to be added to sources.list file ? If I did not create the preference file, and if I update the system [ apt-get update, apt-get upgrade ] will any issues crop up ? If I pin my packages, what word should I use for backports. e.g. Pin: release a=testing. Please guide me. thank u, vishnuvardhan.
