apt pinning /etc/apt/apt.conf
Hello,
I think I'm getting a better idea of how apt pinning works. Something that I'm still confused about though is the file /etc/apt/apt.conf First of all, I had to create the file myself; why wasn't it already there? Second, I've been reading about including "target release" in apt.conf. Here is an example I found on line: APT:: Default-Release "stable"; APT:: Cache-Limit "25165824"; What exactly is specifying the default release doing for me? Many Thanks, pb |
Just create the file yourself, just do
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# touch apt.conf |
Thanks for the reply. I did in fact create apt.conf when I saw that it wasn't there. ;-) My preference is to run testing and pin sid. But again, I'm not sure what "target release" in apt.conf does. Thoughts/insights?
Thanks, pb |
Do you mean default release, not target release? If so default release makes sure you don't get updates from sid if you're running testing/unstable.
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Yes, thanks. I did mean default release. If my default install is testing but I have several packages installed from the unstable repository, how can I update those unstable packages pulling from the unstable repository all at once via aptitude?
Thanks, pb |
I think this would be fine, it would upgrade the package to the newest version from unstable (came to this conclusion from apt_prefences man page):
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Package: Package name |
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