On 2004-04-23 20:39:27 +0200, Andrei Badea wrote: > I tried to change /etc/apt/preferences to this (one single rule): > > Package: * > Pin: origin ftp.cz.debian.org > Pin-Priority: 999 > > in order to increase the priority, just to see what would happen. > Unfortunately nothing, on apt-cache policy I get the same list that I > posted before. All sources have the same priority 990. Maybe the > "origin" syntax is wrong?
You probably need the scheme too (e.g. ftp://ftp.cz.debian.org) and possibly more (the full path after "deb" or "seb-src" in /etc/apt/sources.list). But I've never tried. > >This 990 may come from that [from apt_preferences(5)]: > > > > priority 990 > > to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target > > release. > > > >(whatever the source...). > > Indeed, I set the target release to unstable in apt.conf. I avoid that by not using any target release in apt.conf, as it is useless (and possibly harmful[*]) when using preferences. [*] For instance, this could prevent security updates from being applied. My /etc/apt/preferences file: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 200 to track both stable and testing by default (the testing version is more recent, so that I get this one, except when the versions in stable and testing are the same and there is a security update, in which case I get this security update). And I allow unstable packages, which I can install with "apt-get install -t unstable". -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn / RISC OS / ARM, free software, YP17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
