On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 06:57:53AM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 11:08:09PM -0500, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > > ... > >> > >> [ ... ] > >> > >> apt-get update && apt-get -t testing dist-upgrade > > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > Why -t is set here > > -t set priority of that "testing" to 990 overriding 1001 > > This is what went wrong. > > > > # apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > This is what you needed :-) > > Yes, it indeed is what I needed. It worked great. Thank you! > > Is it also true that setting /etc/apt/apt.conf to contain > `APT::Default-Release "testing";' also sets "testing" to 990?
Yes, that is my understanding. man apt_preferences 100 to 1000 Standard priorities. 990 is the priority set by the --target-release apt-get(8) option. -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ +++++ Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cupertino CA USA, GPG-key: A8061F32 .''`. Debian Reference: post-installation user's guide for non-developers : :' : http://qref.sf.net and http://people.debian.org/~osamu `. `' "Our Priorities are Our Users and Free Software" --- Social Contract -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]