On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 08:16:43PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > 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.
I am not sure this clarifies it more. Especifically, what i want is to install the gnome2 package from experimental, and upgrade them automatically, without pulling in the pam packages of experimental for example. Friendly, Sven Luther
