On Wed, June 18 at 8:32 PM EDT "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What do I *not* understand about apt defaults and preferences? I was > at woody/stable for a year. Recently, I've taken the plunge and > upgraded to testing, and I think that I am configured to stay at > testing: > > # cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > APT::Cache-Limit 12582912; > APT::Default-Release "testing"; > You can refer to the following link for some preferences settings. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html If you don't want *any* packages from unstable then comment out that line from /etc/apt/sources.list Shawn > # cat /etc/apt/preferences > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 1000 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 1000 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-Priority: 0 > > > However, I just did this: > > # sudo dselect update > > And, I get this result: > > # sudo apt-get upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > The following packages have been kept back > aptitude kdeartwork synaptic w3m > 13 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not > upgraded. Need to get 8642kB of archives. After unpacking 477kB will > be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main sysv-rc 2.85-4 [23.8kB] > Get:2 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main sysvinit 2.85-4 [80.8kB] > Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main initscripts 2.85-4 > [13.1kB] Get:4 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main debconf 1.2.42 > [138kB] Get:5 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main ispell > 3.1.20.0-2 [156kB] Get:6 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main > iamerican 3.1.20.0-2 [411kB] Get:7 http://http.us.debian.org > unstable/main whiptail 0.51.4-10 [26.8kB] Get:8 > http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main debconf-utils 1.2.42 [98.3kB] > Get:9 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main gs 7.07-1 [3013kB] > Get:10 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main kdeartwork-misc > 4:3.1.2-2 [3711kB] Get:11 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main > kdeartwork-style 4:3.1.2-2 [27.0kB] Get:12 http://http.us.debian.org > unstable/main kdeartwork-theme-window 4:3.1.2-2 [117kB] Get:13 > http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main kscreensaver 4:3.1.2-2 [827kB] > Fetched 8642kB in 39s (216kB/s) Preconfiguring packages ... > > > I do *NOT* want to upgrade to un-stable! > > What am I doing wrong? > Shawn Lamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
