Re: Incorporating testing or unstable

2002-03-10 Thread Craig Sampson
Thanks Tim. On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 22:21:19 -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote: >Hi, >> Can anyone tell me the process by which I might incorporate >[...] >> specific- instances of testing packages but on the whole remain >> at stable. > > First, create an /etc/apt/preferences file, and put something

Re: Incorporating testing or unstable

2002-03-09 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 11:16:54PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me the process by which I might incorporate > [...] > > specific- instances of testing packages but on the whole remain > > at stable. > > First, create an /etc/apt/preferences file, and put something li

Re: Incorporating testing or unstable

2002-03-09 Thread Matijs van Zuijlen
On Fri, Mar 08, 2002 at 11:16:54PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone tell me the process by which I might incorporate > [...] > > specific- instances of testing packages but on the whole remain > > at stable. > > First, create an /etc/apt/preferences file, and put something li

Re: Incorporating testing or unstable

2002-03-08 Thread Timothy R. Butler
Hi, > Can anyone tell me the process by which I might incorporate [...] > specific- instances of testing packages but on the whole remain > at stable. First, create an /etc/apt/preferences file, and put something like this in it: #-- Package: * Pin: release a=stable

Incorporating testing or unstable

2002-03-08 Thread Craig Sampson
Hello all, Can anyone tell me the process by which I might incorporate specific packages, probably from testing, into stable including the packages (probably) updated dependancies but without totally corrupting my apt database with testing references? My worry is that if I point my apt sources