On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 02:47:05PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > Hijacking a thread here, but it reads like I might be reading an expert. > > "Pinning" is an interesting subject Roberto, interesting because the info > on how to do it is generally skipped over, or only mentioned in passing, > with NO examples of how to do it in the man pages available.
For backports, the <https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/> say: All backports are deactivated by default (i.e. the packages are pinned to 100 by using ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes in the Release files. Beyond that, pinning is strongly discouraged in the IRC channel. The channel's bot says: Bugs are explained at https://web.archive.org/web/20121017070250/http://carlo17.home.xs4all.nl/howto/debian.html#errata I don't know why the page was removed, forcing the archive retrieval. But there you have it. Usually a user's attempt to do pinning is one of the steps leading to what we call a "frankendebian" system, which is completely broken and unfixable. Hence, the strong discouragement against using it.
