I'd like to maintain a "testing" system, with only one program (and its
dependencies) coming from "unstable". I think I understand what to do,
but I'm hoping that someone here could confirm that my guessed-at setup
is correct ... before I start making lots of "apt-get install" runs with
this configuration and then possibly mess up my system.
What I want to do is always just enter "apt-get install <package>",
without having to use the "-t distribution" parameter. This way, I
don't have to keep remembering when to use and not use "-t ...".
So ... here's what I have:
In /etc/apt/apt.conf ...
APT::Default-Release "testing";
In /etc/apt/preferences ...
Package: mplayer*
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 700
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 650
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600
In other words, all packages come by default from "testing" except
"mplayer", which comes by default from "unstable".
My desired results are:
apt-get install mplayer-686 => installs latest from "unstable"
apt-get install other-package => installs latest from "testing",
unless "other-package" only exists
in "unstable", in which case it
installs from "unstable"
Do I have it right?
Thanks.
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Lloyd Zusman
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