On Thu 25 Jan 2018 at 09:31:27 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 03:24:21PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2018-01-24 11:19:36 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > To use a package from experimental, you must download it directly, and > > > install it directly. You don't use apt or its cousins, unless it's > > > to backfill dependencies (apt-get -f install) from your actual release. > > > > aptitude installs experimental packages automatically. > > It is terrifying. > > (Seriously, if you've configured it to do that, WHY?!? Do you hate > your computer so much that you want it to die?)
Perhaps they haven't spotted the depository's symlink lrwxrwxrwx 1 1176 1176 12 Aug 04 2008 rc-buggy -> experimental Cheers, David.