On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:30 PM, Malthe Borch <mbo...@gmail.com> wrote: > How difficult would it be to implement a pinning policy that only allowed > packages released up until some timestamp: > > -- /etc/apt/preferences -- > > Explanation: I want a system current as of some date. > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable <= 2014-03-18T12:00:00Z > > This would be very useful in situations where you test out a staging system > and want to upgrade a production system. In this case, you'd like to ensure > that you only get the upgrades you have tested out in the staging > environment.
Impossible. We do not know when the packages were released. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
