Try to remove /etc/apt/preferences and try again ... Oleg
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:54, Saviour Of All Soulz wrote: > Hi everybody, i've been trying to get this pinning working. > I've got Woody installed and I want to be able to get packages from Sid. > So I got the tip to try out pinning. > > I get an error though, everytime I want to install a package: > > =================== > W: Did not understand pin type release a=testing > =================== > > This is'nt very convenient beacause now I can't do an apt-get dist-upgrade, > that will install Sid, wich I don't want. > > This is my /etc/apt/preferences file: > > =================== > PPackage: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 101 > =================== > > This mis my sources.list: > > =================== > ## Woody > > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.nl/debian woody main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.nl/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.debian.nl/debian woody main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.debian.nl/debian-non-US woody/non-US main contrib > non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US woody/non-US main > contrib non-free > > # Sid > > deb http://ftp.debian.nl/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb http://ftp.debian.nl/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib > non-free deb-src http://ftp.debian.nl/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.debian.nl/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib > non-freedeb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main > contrib nonfree > ====================== > > What am I doing wrong? > > Tnx in advance
