Re: Apt preferences (was Re: apt question)

2001-10-28 Thread Bill Wohler
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also apt-get install apt-howto/unstable Sweet! Thanks. Armed with new information, I would interpret the following stanza as "Don't install *anything* that the Debian folks created." Correct? > Package: * > Pin: release o=Debian > Pin-Priority: -1

Re: Apt preferences (was Re: apt question)

2001-10-25 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 06:10:10PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Even after pouring over the apt-preferences man page a few times, I > > have no idea what is meant by the second stanza. > > > > Examples should be added to /usr/share/doc/apt as we

Re: Apt preferences (was Re: apt question)

2001-10-25 Thread Brian Nelson
Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Even after pouring over the apt-preferences man page a few times, I > have no idea what is meant by the second stanza. > > Examples should be added to /usr/share/doc/apt as well. http://bugs.debian.org/114417 -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Apt preferences (was Re: apt question)

2001-10-25 Thread Bill Wohler
I asked myself the questions: How do I add the occasional unstable package to my testing system in a better way than downloading debs and using dpkg to install them? How do I track packages in testing that I originally got out of unstable? Finally, and less often, how do I track a particu