On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 23:48:39 -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:47:21AM -0500, Rich B wrote: >> What did I do wrong? I thought my Pin-prioritys would prevent anything >> from upgrading to Sid unless I explicitly asked for it. > > Don't pin between stable and anything newer, or you'll end up just > having some serious cascading dependencies that will result in you > running testing or unstable in the end anyway. See also: apt-pinning > considered harmful unless you *really* know what it's going to do. > > Use http://www.apt-get.org/ to find good backports for woody instead. >
I thought pinning seemed dicey when I first read up on it. Whenever I think of the word "pinning", I have this persistent visual of how entymologists store insects. -- ....................paul "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected." (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
