On Jo, 02 iun 11, 15:41:22, Paul Johnson wrote: > > I *think* pinning might be the right way to fix this, but I have not > found a configuration that would install updates from Wheezy when I > want them and take them from Squeeze when I don't. For example, > Squeeze still has the two editions of tcl and tk, with names like > tcl8.4 and tcl8.5, whereas Wheezy updates want to remove the 8.4 > editions and just go with 8.5. I use some applications that will not > work if that happens.
Something like this: # echo 'APT::Default-Release "squeeze";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-default-release # echo 'deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/wheezy.list # apt-get update # apt-get install -t wheeze my-shiny-new-app would only try to get the minimum amount of dependencies from wheezy. However, as wheezy gets further away from squeeze it will become increasingly difficult to install packages from wheezy without upgrading significant parts of your system. At that time you might prefer to remove /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99-default-release and let apt upgrade your entire system to wheezy. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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