On 2018-01-25 09:31:27 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 03:24:21PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2018-01-24 11:19:36 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > To use a package from experimental, you must download it directly, and > > > install it directly. You don't use apt or its cousins, unless it's > > > to backfill dependencies (apt-get -f install) from your actual release. > > > > aptitude installs experimental packages automatically. > > It is terrifying. > > (Seriously, if you've configured it to do that, WHY?!? Do you hate > your computer so much that you want it to die?)
No, I certainly haven't configured it to do that. Well, I've added deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main to /etc/apt/sources.list, but the goal was just to be able to install experimental packages *manually*, with an explicit request. The fact that aptitude assumes that the user may want to upgrade unstable packages to experimental automatically (in order to satisfy dependencies) is a really bad feature. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
