Am 02. Aug, 2001 schwäzte Andrew Pritchard so: > Is there a way you can install a package from the testing branch using > apt-get, from a box which is in every other way 'stable'? I remember > seeing something like this I think on debianplanet - but I can't now find > the reference.
Yes. Add woody to your sources.list, then install apt from woody. apt-get update apt-get install apt That brings you up to apt > .5. Now you can use /etc/apt/preferences to lock down where things come from. Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 600 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 70 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 80 Those priorities will keep testing and unstable packages from being installed without you explicitly asking for them. Now "apt-get install <package>/testing" will get the package from testing. Say you're getting bar and that doesn't work because it depends on the version of bar from testing, then you get both from testing, e.g.: apt-get install foo/testing bar/testing Anything not specifically nabbed from testing will come from stable. Most things are fine because dependency resolution makes sure you have what you need. If debconf or anything else dependent on perl 5.6 needs to be installed you're probably better off just doing a dist-upgrade to woody. For that change woody's priority to 700 and do a dist-upgrade. ciao, der.hans -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED] home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # kill telnet, long live ssh - der.hans
