Phillip Neumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > Im with hamm, and want some packages from slink like gnome. What is the > recomended way to obtain this packages? If i select the unstable dir of > a debian ftp in the apt configuration, apt said it will dowload the > selected packages (gnome) plus upgrade the `old' packages of hamm to the > unstable of slink. I dont want to do that becose of the unstability of > slink. What sould i do to make apt get only the new packages and NOT to > upgrade the installed ones?
I use dselect for upgrades (it is only pointed to the stable tree via ftp-method). I use apt-get install xyz, if I want packages from slink. HTH, Jens -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] KeyID: 2048/E451C639 1998/01/28 Print: 5F 3D 43 1E 24 1E CC 48 1E 05 93 3A A7 10 73 37 Global War[m|n|p|r]ing? -- Peter G. Neumann (Comp.Risks 19.91)