Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

Hi, On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 04:18:48 +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Good. ^_^ I hope that helps. It does. I still don't understand the concept fully, and my apt still doesn't do what I want it to, but I have tried to write what I know down in the Debian Wiki on http://wiki.debi

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 07:28:51AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:21:39 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul > Hampson) wrote: > >On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:36:52PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:47:22 +0100, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> wrote: > >> >* M

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:21:39 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Hampson) wrote: >On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:36:52PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:47:22 +0100, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >* Marc Haber [Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:03:21 +0100]: >> >> | Version Table: >>

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 12:36:52PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote: > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:47:22 +0100, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >* Marc Haber [Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:03:21 +0100]: > >> | Version Table: > >> | 4.50-4 555 > >> |500 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main P

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:47:22 +0100, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >* Marc Haber [Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:03:21 +0100]: >> | Version Table: >> | 4.50-4 555 >> |500 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main Packages >> | *** 4.50-1 555 >> |100 /var/lib/dpkg/status >> |

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

* Marc Haber [Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:03:21 +0100]: > | Version Table: > | 4.50-4 555 > |500 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sid/main Packages > | *** 4.50-1 555 > |100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > | 4.44-2 555 > |500 http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de sarge/main Packages >

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:43:52 -0800, Don Armstrong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Marc Haber wrote: >> Is this documented somewhere? Pinning is such a powerful tool, and >> nobody seems to really understand it. > >See apt_preferences(5) [specifically the "APT's Default Priority >As

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005, Marc Haber wrote: > Is this documented somewhere? Pinning is such a powerful tool, and > nobody seems to really understand it. See apt_preferences(5) [specifically the "APT's Default Priority Assignments" section.] Don Armstrong -- Cheop's Law: Nothing ever gets built on s

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:10:24 +0100, Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >* Marc Haber [Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:40:46 +0100]: >> On a development system, I'd like to have experimental and unstable in >> the sources.list, and to have experimental pinned down to a priority >> tha experimental is neve

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

* Marc Haber [Sun, 20 Mar 2005 17:40:46 +0100]: > Hi, > On a development system, I'd like to have experimental and unstable in > the sources.list, and to have experimental pinned down to a priority > tha experimental is never considered. For certain packages, I'd like > apt to consider experimenta

How to pin certain packages from experimental?

Hi, On a development system, I'd like to have experimental and unstable in the sources.list, and to have experimental pinned down to a priority tha experimental is never considered. For certain packages, I'd like apt to consider experimental as well, taking whatever is newer from experimental and