Op Tue, 21 Jan 2014 04:44:13 -0200 schreef Guilherme Vieira <super.driver....@gmail.com>:
> I've added Squeeze-Backports to my sources.list but I want APT to > avoid installing packages from it unless I tell it to explicitly. Two things to look out for: - squeeze-backports probably contains packages that do not meet gNewSense's software freedom criteria; - installing backports can get hairy pretty quickly because of dependencies. > I think that's how it works on Debian systems, you have to use > apt-get -t squeeze-backports . > > I see on man pages this has something to do > with /etc/apt/preferences.d, but that directory is empty on my system. You can either create a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ or edit /etc/apt/preferences. Our wiki page about packaging [1] has a short example of how to configure apt pinning. You can learn about priorities from the apt_preferences manpage. You can see the result of your configuration with "apt-cache policy". [1] http://www.gnewsense.org/Packaging?highlight=%28pinning%29 _______________________________________________ gNewSense-users mailing list gNewSense-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnewsense-users
