On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 08:47:37PM -0500, Jerome R. Acks wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 08:33:09AM -0500, stan wrote:
> > I'm trying to build a new machine for work this weekend. I'm running out of
> > weekend, and I still have not mamanged to get a working Gnome install.
> >
> > What's the best way to get this working on a "testing" machine? It appears
> > that there may be unmet dependencies, is this curently true?
> >
>
> Install testing packages and the missing dependencies from
> unstable. Aptitude is nice tool for doing this.
>
> To limit packages installed from unstable and still be able to upgrade
> packages, set up a /etc/apt/preferences like:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 990
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 100
Well, here is what my existing /etc/apt/preferences file looks like:
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 500
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 95
Should I drop the stable entry?
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