On Thursday 02 August 2001 12:05 pm, Newton, Harry wrote: > I am running a Debian 2.2, and have just upgraded/updated the system using > apt-get and this /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable/non-US main contrib non-free > > What I should like to do is put a few TESTING packages on this system ( > specifically Tomcat and its dependencies ). > > I've been told that I should make a new sources.list, with 'stable' changed > to 'testing', and then run: > > apt-get update > apt-get install tomcat > > and _then_, restore my original sources.list. Is there anything I should > know about doing this ? > > However, I believe that there's a better way, using apt-get 0.5. How would > I do this, and how would I get apt-get 0.5, which is in TESTING ? > > Many thanks in advance, Harry
I have a similar, but reversed problem. I have one package that I do NOT want to upgrade. It happens to be LILO, and it is currently broken when used on laptops with SystemSoft BIOS. I want all packages except LILO from woody but I want LILO to stop at potato. Is there a way of telling apt and friends to do this? If not I suppose I will have to get the source and submit a patch.