Hi I wish to use selected packages from the unstable repository, and yet keep my system as stable as possible. For this manner I have defined apt as follows:
<<< debsrv:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://mirror.hamakor.org.il/pub/mirrors/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free debsrv:~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "stable"; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists=1; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages=1; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval=30; >>> The problem with this setup is that apt is incapable of satisfying dependencies for packages like [libapache2-mod-php5] that are coming from the unstable branch. <<< debsrv:~# apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done [ snip ] The following packages have unmet dependencies: libapache2-mod-php5: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.5-1) but 2.3.2.ds1-22 is to be installed Depends: libssl0.9.8 but it is not going to be installed Depends: libxml2 (>= 2.6.21) but 2.6.16-7 is to be installed E: Broken packages debsrv:~# apt-show-versions -a libc6 libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 install ok installed libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 stable libc6 2.3.5-6 testing libc6 2.3.5-7 unstable libc6/stable uptodate 2.3.2.ds1-22 >>> As it shows that dependency can be satisfied, if only apt would be instructed to use the testing repository. The trouble is that I DO NOT wish to do it, I would rather instruct apt to satisfy only the most required dependencies from the testing / unstable branch, and only when they are requested by some package. I'm looking for an automatic solution, that is one that doesn't include defining custom apt_preferences(5) configurations. Could someone please suggest a reasonable solution, or should I just move APT::Default-Release to "testing" and be done with it? Thank you very much, Maxim. -- Cheers, Maxim Vexler (hq4ever). Do u GNU ?
