--- Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 09:51:52PM -0800, tluxt wrote: > > --- Scott Henson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Use the pinning feature of apt. In /etc/apt/preferences, enter > > > > Package: kghostview > > > > Pin: release a=unstable > > > > Pin-Priority: 200 > > > > > > Package: * > > > Pin: realease a=unstable > > > Pin-Priority: 50 > > > > > > That way you can apt-get anything from unstable whenever you want it. > > > > How, in that scenario, does one cause something to be gotten from > unstable, > > rather than stable? And vice versa? > > Ie, what specific apt-get command would be used? > > # apt-get install packagename/unstable > > This get package from unstable. If some dependency requitres another > package from unstable, list that package too. > > "--target unstable" also exists but I never used. Read "man apt-get"! > > Also document installed by "apt-howto" are useful. > > Oh, my web page below also has some hints. Cheers :) > + My debian quick-reference, http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ +
ThankS! I found your quick reference very informative also! That document should definitely be linked from http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp under the users manuals section. You should definitely email the Debian web maintiners, http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/2002/debian-www-200201/threads.html and request that your document be put onto the Debian website, and have a link put on that page. You have my support for so doing. Also, I ran across the "apt-howto" earlier today, and that also ought to be linked from the same place. (I'll have to email that person also with the same suggestion.) ======================================================= Hey, debian-www folks: Can you get those two docs up on the DDP page, without me having to create a wishlist bug? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
