On Lu, 06 apr 20, 10:33:36, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Mon, 6 Apr 2020, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > Long term you might need a hold or pin for that (my preference would be > > a pin). > > hi Andrei, > I felt that the description of the pinning process is rather > confusing, either in the apt-get man or the aptitude man. > Can you tell me what whould be the exact command to pin getmail?
The relevant documentation is in apt_preferences(5). Pins are configured via /etc/apt/preferences or (my preference, no pun intended), files in /etc/apt/preferences.d/. The manpage is quite complex and difficult to understand. Fortunately it has good examples for common uses. I would argue that its understanding should be a prerequisite for complex setups like mixing releases[1] or pinning important parts of the system (python, not getmail). [1] I wouldn't count stable+backports or unstable+experimental as these are supported by apt out-of-the box. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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