On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 03:06:30PM +0100, Stuckey wrote: > Hello, > > I have the debian-multimedia in my sources.list file, and so far I've > just been commenting it in/out whenever I want to install something from > it. I only want certain packages from it, the ones that I can't get from > the regular repository. How can I configure aptitude so that it will only > pull the packages that I tell it to from debiam-multimedia? > > I'm using Sid. Here's my sources.list file: > > #### unstable ######## > deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free > > #deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free > > #### dmm ######### > #deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main > This info comes from backports.org, but it should also apply to debian-mulitmedia.org, as far as pinning priority goes:
If you want to get your packages from backports upgraded automatically the following entry in /etc/apt/preferences should be sufficient: Package: * Pin: release a=lenny-backports Pin-Priority: 200 I *think* your pin line should read like this: Pin: origin www.debian-multimedia.org I have lenny-backports pinned at 200, and it does not install anything from backports w/o me specifying it. It will automatically upgrade existing backports packages with newer versions of backports packages as they come out. See man apt_preferences for more details. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100221151839.gb8...@aurora.owens.net
