Re: potato + certain unstable packages

2001-01-09 Thread David B . Harris
To quote Zach Loafman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # Appending to myself: # # > cp /etc/apt/sources.list.stable /etc/apt/sources.list # apt-get update # > apt-get dist-upgrade # > cp /etc/apt/sources.list.unstable /etc/apt/sources.list # apt-get update # > apt-get install # # This method doesn't please

Re: potato + certain unstable packages

2001-01-09 Thread Zach Loafman
Appending to myself: > cp /etc/apt/sources.list.stable /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > cp /etc/apt/sources.list.unstable /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update > apt-get install This method doesn't please me conceptually, though. Anyone know a better method?

Re: potato + certain unstable packages

2001-01-09 Thread Zach Loafman
Holger Rauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi! > > How can I achieve that if I want only certain packages from the unstable > distribution (i.e. modutils) when doing an "apt-get dist-upgrade" but all > other packages upgraded from the stable distribution? It's not trivial. I think your best bet

potato + certain unstable packages

2001-01-09 Thread Holger Rauch
Hi! How can I achieve that if I want only certain packages from the unstable distribution (i.e. modutils) when doing an "apt-get dist-upgrade" but all other packages upgraded from the stable distribution? The fear that I'm having is that as soon as I have a reference to "unstable" in my "/etc/apt