On Friday 13 January 2006 11:45 pm, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Robert G. Scofield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Suggestion: > > Step 1. Create /etc/apt/prefernces as follows: > > Package: * > Pin: release a=unstable > Pin-Priority: 50 > > > Step 2: Add an "unstable" line to /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib > deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib > > > Step 3: Fetch k3b from the "unstable" branch (and any dependencies): > > # apt-get update && apt-get -t unstable install k3b > > > Step 4: Profit!
This looks like a fun and easy solution. But here's a question. What do I do after Step 4 to keep other unstable packages from non-free and contrib from being installed? Is that problem taken care of by /etc/apt/preferences? Or should I remove preferences and then delete the references to "unstable" in the sources.list? Thank you. Bob _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
