In <aanlktiktgwy5blqpq5b-p2bg0fxqho5i482hdjt5g...@mail.gmail.com>, abdelkader belahcene wrote: >I have a local repository, and declare also a remote one, I want to tell >to apt-get to install a package from a local repo, if it exists. it seems >that it begins from the remote . here is my sources: > >deb file:/home/CD1 squeeze main >deb file:/home/extra6 / >deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian squeeze main non-free contrib
From (man 5 sources.list): The source list is designed to support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The file lists one source per line, with the most preferred source listed first. [...] It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, followed by distant Internet hosts, for example). So, it looks like you are mostly there. Now, that's for fetching package_version.deb and similarly for source package files. If you want to prefer the versions in a certain repository over the versions in a different repository, read (man 5 apt_preferences). This allows you to give certain repositories (by contents of Release file) or packages (by version number or repository) priority over others. When installing a package from the command-line APT will filter available package versions by priority, leaving only other with the highest priority, then choose the highest version. When satisfying a dependency, APT will narrow the list to only those package versions that satisfy the dependency before filtering based on priority. HTH -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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