Quoting Robert G. Scofield ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > 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?
It's taken care of by /etc/apt/preferences. That trickly little stanza that I suggested for the is, as mentioned, one use of apt's "pinning" feature, and in particular says "assign priority level 50 to unstable-branch packages". Priority 100 is normal, so the net effect of such a low number is that unstable-branch packages (plus their specific dependencies) get pulled down only when you specify "-t unstable" explicitly. I've personally used that trick with great success on my main server, among other things. Your machine follows the "testing" track, with only explicitly specified, as-needed pulls from the "unstable" one. Debian developers tend to frown when I mention that specific use of "pinning", since I'm sort of using it in a bass-ackwards fashion, relative to the usual. However, it works. _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
