On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 03:09:12AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > folks, > i can't find the docs on this, really, or i am merely too confused. > bear with me please... > i've heard you can configure apt/dpkg so that it knows about e.g. > testing and unstable versions of the same archive (e.g. > main/binary-i386), and then pass an option to apt/dpkg which causes it > to select the appropriate distribution on a per-packet basis.
First install new woody "apt". Then "man apt_preferences" Also "apt-howto" in woody is good for reading. For your needs, /etc/apt/preferences shall be; Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 80 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 But since Debian is alredy in freeze mode, I track unstable while locking few key packages to testing using follows: Cheers :) Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 700 Package: libc6 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: libdb2 Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: libdb2-util Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: bash Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: ash Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: dpkg Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: apt Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: bsdutils Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: util-linux Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: login Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: exim Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: exim-doc Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: exim-doc-html Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: mutt Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: procmail Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: fetchmail Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: fetchmail-common Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: fetchmail-ssl Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: fetchmailconf Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: mailx Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: samba Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: samba-doc Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: samba-common Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: smbclient Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: smbfs Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: swat Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: mc Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 Package: mc-common Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 1100 -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://qref.sourceforge.net/quick/ +
