On 2006-02-03, John Halton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My understanding was that if you have more than two repositories then > it is better to use pinning, using /etc/apt/preferences, so you can > set different priorities for each of the non-default releases. > > The exact configuration then depends on which of the three > repositories you want to prioritise - i.e. do you want to track stable > but having testing/unstable packages available, or do you want to > track testing or unstable.
I think that's what I'm doing with this line in apt.conf: APT::Default-Release "testing"; so `aptitude install foo` will install the testing version by default, but if I specifically want something else I can use options to get what I want. (I have a big preferences file but it's entirely produced by apt-listbugs.) I would like to take this opportunity to ask for clarification about something. Given my apt.conf line above, is the difference between these (1) aptitude install foo/unstable (2) aptitude -t unstable install foo that (1) will get the unstable version of foo but the testing versions of any unsatisfied dependencies, whereas (2) will get the unstable versions of foo's dependencies and foo itself? Thanks, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
