>> > # apt install -t=bookworm db-util db5.3-util libc-bin libc-dev-bin >> >> I can never remember exactly what `-t` really does, but I suspect you'll >> need things like >> >> apt install libc-bin/bookworm > > To install a single backported (or other release) package, > apt-get install packagename/releasename > > and to install a backported package plus dependencies which > are also from that specific release, use > apt-get -t releasename packagename
But that's not the whole story of what `-t` does since the above does not explain why his attempt to use `-t` to downgrade some packages resulted in `apt` saying "<blabla> is already the newest version". Stefan