Le Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 05:55:54PM +0200, Sven Luther �crivait: > > | Package: * > > | Pin: release a=experimental > > | Pin-Priority: 400 > > > > ( "| " is just to mark the citation, you should not copy it of course) > > This will pin only the experimental packages already installed on your > box, right, not other experimental package were you have the > non-experimental packages installed ?
Strictly speaking it pins all packages of experimental to 400. But installed packages have a priority of 500 so they are of higher priority than experimental ones ... But APT is a smart tool and it understands that the package coming from experimental have a higher version number that the unstable package which should have been there and thus decides of its own to track experimental for those packages. Everything is explained in man apt_preferences but you'll have to read it twice or thrice to be sure to understand it correctly. :-) Cheers, -- Rapha�l Hertzog -+- http://www.ouaza.com Formation Linux et logiciel libre : http://www.logidee.com
