On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:59:26PM -0800, evenso wrote: I should clarify:
> > I made sure to set it not to make changes automatically. But it never asked > to uninstall a backports package. (In the ncurses TUI under preferences.) > Meaning the ncurses Text User Interface of aptitude. > > If you do use pinning, I recommend only pinning the backport packages and > all their dependencies to the backports archive. > Meaning: Pin: release a=lenny-backports As in the instructions for pinning on the backports page. Link: http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq BTW, I think there is something more important. If you are going to maintain a mixed-stable system with those testing/unstable packages you mention (not a novice endeavor) and upgrade them or install more, you should hold your release to stable with an apt.conf file. /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "stable"; -- Kind Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org