On Wed, 08 Jan 2003 20:33:50 +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
> If I replace this link with something like
> deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib
> I will probably be replacing half my Woody stable system (I only have
> a dialup connection). Is there any alternative?
Use "pinning". You'll want to make an /etc/apt/apt.conf file that
looks something like this:
APT {
Default-Release "testing";
};
(Be sure to replace "testing" with whicever branch you want to
follow.) Then a/etc/apt/preferences file that looks like:
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 40
This will give all of the unstable packages a really low priority so
that they will never be installed automatically, only by specific
request from the command line.
HTH
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University of Washington http://ssli.ee.washington.edu/ssli
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