Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-27 Thread Marc Haber
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

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-26 Thread Paul TBBle Hampson
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: * Marc Haber [Mon,

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-25 Thread Marc Haber
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: | 4.50-4

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-21 Thread Marc Haber
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 | 4.44-2 555

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-21 Thread Paul Hampson
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 Packages |

How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-20 Thread Marc Haber
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

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-20 Thread Adeodato Simó
* 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 experimental as

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-20 Thread Marc Haber
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 never

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-20 Thread Don Armstrong
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

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-20 Thread Marc Haber
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 Assignments

Re: How to pin certain packages from experimental?

2005-03-20 Thread Adeodato Simó
* 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