Re: DWN:Pinnign Unstable and APT::Default-Release.

2002-01-06 Thread Imre Vida
> > i tried to use what you suggest > > but apt complains about garbage in /etc/apt/apt.conf > > and indeed the option (Default-Release) you suggest is not > > among those listed there. > > Although this option (-t, --target-release, --default-release) is > mentioned in apt-get's manpage it doe

Re: DWN:Pinnign Unstable and APT::Default-Release.

2002-01-04 Thread Shaul Karl
> hi, > > i tried to use what you suggest > but apt complains about garbage in /etc/apt/apt.conf > and indeed the option (Default-Release) you suggest is not > among those listed there. > Although this option (-t, --target-release, --default-release) is mentioned in apt-get's manpage it doe

DWN:Pinnign Unstable and APT::Default-Release.

2002-01-03 Thread Shaul Karl
Last issue of DWN had a piece which included a suggestion about using apt to follow testing (or stable) but still have some packages from unstable (testing). In short, it was suggested to have the following in /etc/apt/prefernces: Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 50 When I tried