On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:59:57 -0600 Jacob Anawalt wrote: > ... > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2003/debian-user-200304/msg04011.html > On Wed, 23 Apr 2003 00:16:11 +0100 Colin Watson wrote: > > ... > > I didn't realize you were interested in strange multi-release stuff. I > > don't trust pinning and avoid it like the plague. :) > > (I thought he had said something even better about pinning more recently > but I can't find it.)
He said he wished it didn't exist. It is indeed an *extremely* dangerous tool, almost guaranteed to render a system unusable if not used *exactly* right. And besides, there are much safer ways to reach the intended objectives. I've been using apt pinning since I first became aware of it (a few years ago), and it has been serving me well. But I understand the risks involved, and I make sure I understand the consequences whenever I make use of it. Apt pinning seems best suited for a testing system where you want to occasionally leech a few packages from unstable. Using it on stable distributions is a foolhardy thing to do, and doomed to certain failure. -- Carlos "edge-walker" Sousa http://vbc.dyndns.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
