Re: Putting a TESTING package on a STABLE system

2001-08-02 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 12:40:17PM +0100, David Goodenough ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have a similar, but reversed problem. I have one package that I do NOT want > to upgrade. It happens to be LILO, and it is currently broken when used on > laptops with SystemSoft BIOS. I want all packages

Re: Putting a TESTING package on a STABLE system

2001-08-02 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Newton, Harry wrote: > I am running a Debian 2.2, and have just upgraded/updated the system using > apt-get and this /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable/non-US main contrib non

Re: Putting a TESTING package on a STABLE system

2001-08-02 Thread Juergen Stuber
"Newton, Harry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I am running a Debian 2.2, and have just upgraded/updated the system using > apt-get and this /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable/non-US main contrib n

Re: Putting a TESTING package on a STABLE system

2001-08-02 Thread Pietro Cagnoni
> I have a similar, but reversed problem. I have one package that I do NOT want > to upgrade. It happens to be LILO, and it is currently broken when used on > laptops with SystemSoft BIOS. I want all packages except LILO from woody > but I want LILO to stop at potato. Is there a way of telling

Re: Putting a TESTING package on a STABLE system

2001-08-02 Thread David Goodenough
On Thursday 02 August 2001 12:05 pm, Newton, Harry wrote: > I am running a Debian 2.2, and have just upgraded/updated the system using > apt-get and this /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable/non-US mai