On Monday 23 May 2011 10:18:28 Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Lu, 23 mai 11, 09:37:25, Lisi wrote: > > I don't dare touch things like pinning and do not recall ever having > > edited a preferences file for apt. I'm far too scared of mucking up my > > system. I didn't want updated versions either OOo or Firefox that > > badly!! > > > > But, as I have said: where are we going with this and why? > > Firstly you mentioned that lenny-backports is priority 200 by default, > which is inaccurate. Sorry for insisting on such details, but these > discussions are archived... > > Secondly, I'm not aware of any package messing with > /etc/apt/preferences, which would indicate you put it there and just > forgot about it. May I suggest installing etckeeper? In it's default > configuration it will automatically keep a track of all changes in /etc, > which you can review very easily if you wish with (as root): > > # cd /etc > # git log -u > > If you make any changes and don't want to bother committing them > yourself they will be committed automatically before any package > install. Committing (recording) changes is not very complicated. Just do > as root: > > # cd /etc > # git commit -a -m "<note about what I just changed>" > > The big benefit of committing yourself (vs. automatic commits) is you > can easily tell from the commit message what the change was about ;)
I have in fact gone on niggling at this. And the instructions page clearly says to add those exact lines. I agree with you now. I must have just copied and pasted them without registering them. I clearly do need to add etckeeper as you suggested. At the very least it would reduce the number of times I make a fool of myself. :-( And you are, of course, right that the archives should be kept accurate. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201105231101.47459.lisi.re...@gmail.com