On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Is the following a correct procedure for etch amd64? (modified from a recipe I > found for sarge): > > (1) Add this line to your /etc/apt/sources.list file > > deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ etch-backports main contrib non-free > > (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge") > > (2) Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/apt-file.conf > That will deactivate all packages from backports.org > > Package: * > Pin: release a=etch-backports > Pin-Priority: 200 > > (i.e."apt-file.conf" in place of "preferences" and "etch" in place of > "sarge"). > > (3) #apt-get -t etch-backports install <packagename> > > (i.e., "etch" in place of "sarge").
There's no real need to set a Pin-Priority; the above also assumes that the package has already been backported to etch. I don't know if that's the case. Don Armstrong -- More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. -- Woody Allen http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
