Javier Barroso (javibarr...@gmail.com on 2011-05-12 19:11 +0200): > > Other possible solution would be pinning all packages from sid to > their current version (upgrading glibc with the bug, of course), and > removing sid from sources.list, and again wait, but this time you > could upgrade your system. But I'm not sure if you can have a package > pinned when the version is not in your repositories from sources.list > (Can anyone clarify this ?) You can, but with limitations. For non-version pins, apt needs the release file so that won't work if you remove it from sources.list.
So a pin like this: package: libc6 pin: version 2.11.* pin-priority: 900 Will still work without the release file, but package: libc6 pin: release a=testing pin-priority: 900 Will not work if there is no "testing" release in the apt cache. I would suggest for the OP to create staged pins for all suites (see below). This is what I do on all systems to prevent all hell from breaking loose when I add the wrong suite in sources.list :) Of course, simply setting APT::Default-Release is a simpler solution but it will only work if you stick to a single suite. In this specific example, setting Default-Release would have prevented libc6 from upgrading from stable to unstable, but once libc6-2.13 hits testing, there is nothing preventing apt from installing libc6-2.14 when it enters unstable. Hope this is useful to anyone, Arno aschuring@neminis:~$ cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/10releases # Always mark Debian stable as a prime candidate Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 # slightly preferred release: Debian testing Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing Pin-Priority: 600 # lower priority of unstable, to allow auto-migration to testing Package: * Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable Pin-Priority: 300 # all other Debian releases: allow upgrades, but low priority Package: * Pin: release o=Debian Pin-Priority: 200 -- 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/20110512235135.51285...@neminis.loos.site
