In <4b60d057.9020...@ente.limmat.ch>, Adrian Zaugg wrote:
>How do I prevent apt in a mixed stable/testing environment from
>installing packages that first time appear in testing using apt-pinning?

http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences

My setup is mostly stable on my server and (by now) mostly testing on my 
desktop, but the configuration is virtually identical:
http://iguanasuicide.net/node/4

>Until this bug has been fixed I want to
>prevent apt from installing packages from testing, that are not found in
>stable, except such, that I mention explicitly in /etc/apt/preferences.
>How can this be achieved?

Pin testing @ -1.  Pin the testing packages you use @ 100+.
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