On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 02:14:17AM +0000, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > Please keep your postings to the list. Thanks. Sure. > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 16:51:01 -0800 Ross Boylan wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 12:53:21PM +0000, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > > > > > As extra precaution, Ross can disable apt-get from getting packages from > > > unstable unless explicitly told to by creating /etc/apt/preferences > > > with the lines: > > > > > > Package: * > > > Pin: release a=unstable > > > Pin-Priority: 25 > > > > > > 25 may be replaced by any other number below 100. > > > > > Oddly, I tried that, and it didn't completely work. Here's my > > preferences file: > > > > Explanation: Try to prevent unstable from creeping in > > Package: * > > Pin: release a=unstable > > Pin-Priority: 50 > > > > When I do apt-get -s dist-upgrade it still pulls in lots of unstables. > > Works fine here. What is that "Explanation:" line? Are you sure it's > supported syntax? Yes, I discovered it while reading the man page when # didn't work. And I noticed different behavior with it than #, so it seems the file was processed.
> You can do 'apt-cache policy | less' and check that the priorities > assigned to the various sources are the ones you think you've specified. > I once had a syntax error in the preferences file and apt completely > disregarded the file. Possibly your case? Don't think so. apt-cache policy shows one unstable entry, priority 50. Maybe there is an upgrade that depends on an uninstalled package that is only in unstable. And then the presence of that package pulls in others? Some results: apt-get upgrade does nothing apt-get -t unstable upgrade pulls in lots apt-get dist-upgrade wants to upgrade gaim gedit ghex gnome-session gnomeicu grip libdate-calc-perl libfnlib0 libgnomedb-dev libgnomedb0 libgtk2.0-0 libhtml-format-perl libmail-mbox-messageparser-perl libofx0c102 libqt2 libxft2 libxine1 pan and install quite a few new packages. apt-get -t unstable dist-upgrade is massive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
