On 10/21/05, Scott Lundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > could you give me > an overview how you blend syncs with the "testing" package tree? Do you > run say 90% of the server from stable packages and only selectively > update certain software to testing packages? On a scale from mostly > harmless to nutball crazy what's the opinion of this package tree > mixing?
It can be done fairly easily. It's called "pinning" and apt supports it with only a few configuration file changes. See http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html for a better overview of pinning. Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
