On divendres, 1 de març de 2019 10:45:48 CET Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 01.03.2019 13:27, Felix Rubio wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have mix stable+testing (~1200 packages from stable, ~20 > > packages from testing). I have the following contents in > > /etc/apt/preferences.d/pinning: > > > This is something you should not do in first place. [1] > The right and safe way to run stable branch and install packages from > other branches (eg testing) is to make backports of them. [2] This is > why debian-backports branch exists. > When doing it right way you won't need any pinning and if package you > backported will hit stretch-backports branch and will be newer version > it will be upgraded just as regular package. > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian#Don.27t_make_a_FrankenDebian > [2] https://wiki.debian.org/SimpleBackportCreation > >
Thank you for your advice. I have moved to stretch-backports as many packages as I could (I have to see what I do with the few, ~5, remaining). Regards! Felix