Yes I think that only works because package checking for aptitude is currently disabled due to task items being valid for aptitude.
I wouldn't rely on it... Phill. On Mon, 15 May 2006, kris wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 13:28 -0500, David Riddle wrote: > > Phil, > > > > Yes, unfortunately, I am aware of this. It would be nice if someone > > would add an option to FAI so that we could pass the -t distro option > > to FAI. Something like: > > > > PACKAGE install-t sarge-backports XORG > > x-window-system-core > > This would be useful. > > I was able to get something like this working with > > PACKAGES aptitude > -t unstable > linux-image-686-smp > > > > > > > Until recently I have just had fai run a script with $ROOTCMD apt-get > > install -t sarge-backports x-window-system-core. I have found a some > > what better method I looked through the dependencies and apt-pinned > > the packages that x-window-system-core had to have from backport.org. > > Though certainly the ideal would be if the -t option were implemented > > in fai. > > > > David > > > > On 5/15/06, P.S.S.Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > This is a limitation of the packagename/distro if you want to install > > > deb you need to run apt with -t distro. > > > > > > Phill. > -- Senior Computer Science Computing Officer University Of Kent At Canterbury Computer Science Systems <http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/systems/> The Mirror Service <http://www.mirrorservice.org/> National Open Development Environment <http://node.gov.uk/>
