Pinning is beautiful.. Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > Further, the command line has been expanded to support this notation: > > apt-get install apt/0.4.0 > or > apt-get install apt=stable > > I hope nobody sees any particular problem with APT getting this > functionality...
Assumming we never make "/" a valid part of a package name.. > There is also a small issue with newer debconfs and CVS apt, debconf has a > small utility which interfaces directly with APT for greater performance, > but that utility is linked to a shlib that is not binary compatible with > the new code.. I expect you'll see some warning messages, and package will not preconfigure, but otherwise it should be usable despite the fact the program in debconf will be broken. -- see shy jo
