On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 01:59:19PM +1000, Jaime Tarrant wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: >> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 11:08:38AM -0700, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
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>>>
>>> Package: *
>>> Pin: release o=Debian, a=experimental
>>> Pin-Priority: 550
>>
>> your numbers seem very high my preferences is
>> package: *
>> pin:
>> release a=unstable
>>
>> Pin-Priority: 100
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> package: *
>>
>> pin: release
>> a=experimental
>> Pin-Priority: 50
>>
>>
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>
> The number range -1 thru 1000+ is perfectly acceptable. Excerpt from:
>
> # man 5 apt_preferences
>
> P > 1000
> causes an instance to be installed even if this constitutes a
> downgrade of the package
>
> 990 < P <=1000
> causes an instance to be installed even if it does not come from
> the target release, unless the installed instance is more recent
>
> 500 < P <=990
> causes an instance to be installed unless there is an instance
> available belonging to the target release or the installed version is
> more recent
>
> 100 < P <=500
> causes an instance to be installed unless there is an instance
> available belonging to some other distribution or the installed
> version is more recent
>
> 0 <= P <=100
> causes an instance to be installed only if there is no installed
> instance of the package
>
> P < 0 prevents the instance from being installed
>
> -
>
> Hope that helps.
yeah new about that, my meaning was more along the lines of if you are
trying to follow testing then the number he picked might be a bit high
550 for experimental ?
>
> Regards,
> Jaime
>
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