I installed apt-cacher because I wanted a way to reliably roll back one version of a package in testing. This way, if a new version is buggy, the way the recent xserver-xorg/mesa was for me, and I let it slip by apt-listbugs, I may possibly choose the old version from apt-cacher rather than nearly total my system messing with it, as I did.
It will be necessary for me to manually run the cleaning script on occasion to avoid random deletion of old versions. For this reason I first chose apt-proxy. It has a nice config allowing specification of an exact integer for the number or version to retain for each release. Couldn't ask for more than that. However, I got python errors and the hour was late. Has anyone else had success with such a plan? Is pinning really necessary or can I get by with aptitude and my apt.conf file: APT::Default-Release "testing"; ? I did read the page on approx, pinning, repos and more by one of our prominent list subscribers. TIA! -- Kind Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100215083210.ga11...@europa.office
