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[ILUG] "Sarge is now frozen! Wheeeeeee!!!"

[ILUG] "Sarge is now frozen! Wheeeeeee!!!"

Paul Barry ilug at cutehoor.com
Fri May 6 11:07:05 IST 2005


John Breslin wrote:
> So by editing my /etc/apt/sources.list file to change from testing to
> unstable every now and again (when I need a package not in testing) I'm
> moving from the edge to two steps back to the edge to two steps back -
> sounds dangerous!

You can pin packages - this allows you to run testing, but selectively
pick items from unstable, along with their dependencies.
apt will keep everything up to date.

pb



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