On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:59:33PM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Monday 15 February 2010 12:22:08 Freeman wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 10:18:51AM -0500, Rob Owens wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 12:32:10AM -0800, freeman wrote: > > > > Is pinning really necessary or can I get by with aptitude and my > > > > apt.conf file: > > > > > > > > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > > > > > > This effectively pins all not-installed packages from testing at 990 > > > (according to man apt_preferences). Are you running a mixed system? > > > > Yeah, testing with an unstable here and there. I've never noticed a > > downgrade to unstable or experimental resulting from default priorities or > > apt.conf priorities. > > > > But that won't help with rollbacks or a favorite lenny/backport. > > > > Looked at the debian wiki, man apt_preferences and Boyd's preferences file, > > which seems a well worked out example. > > Keep in mind that stable/backports mixed with testing/unstable/experimental > isn't well-tested by the DDs. It should work, but if it breaks, upgrading > packages from stable/backports to unreleased versions might be the first step > in getting help, and doing that might be disruptive to your environment. > > > Methinks a preferences file is required. > > Mixed systems that are supported with no configuration change: > stable/backports > unstable/experimental > > Mixed systems that need Default-Release set properly: > stable/testing > testing/unstable > testing/unstable/experimental > > Any other mixing will need a preferences file.
Thanks Boyd. That is an interesting implementation chart. My system = Section 2, Item 3, if I stay away from stable/backports. Except for package rollbacks! Could a rollback to a version no longer included in any release represent a deviation from testing/unstable/experimental ? Also, just thought of the presence of a few proprietary debs and debs I've built. They existing ones haven't effected anything to date. However, could a rollback represent an incursion on the priority system? -- 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/20100215193019.gb7...@europa.office
