> > 1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say "stable" or "unstable" > > on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? > > > > no, I dont believe so
I have several /etc/apt/sources.list.XYZ files with "woody" instead of "potato", or "security.debian.org" instead of my mirror in them. The I do, eg: apt-get -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/etc/apt/sources.list.woody apt-get -o Dir::Etc::sourcelist=/etc/apt/sources.list.woody install PKGS -Igor Mozetic