Re: Configuring /etc/apt/preferences

From: Andrei Badea (andrei.badea_at_movzx.net)
Date: 04/26/04

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    On 25.4.2004 20:10 Vincent Lefevre wrote:

    > On 2004-04-25 19:47:49 +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
    >
    >>I run this on my home computer, where I've switched to unstable
    >>immediately after installing Woody. So I guess there aren't security
    >>updates for me anyway since unstable is not supported by the security
    >>team (but please correct me if I'm wrong).
    >
    > This is incorrect, as some packages that are not actively developed
    > may have the same version in stable and in unstable. In this case,
    > if there is a security update for such a package, you will get it
    > if you track stable with the same priority as unstable.

    This I didn't realize. So I can a have a preferences file similar to yours:

    Package: *
    Pin: release a=stable
    Pin-Priority: 900

    Package: *
    Pin: release a=unstable
    Pin-Priority: 900

    I'm not sure if I should also track testing. Anyway, thank you for
    correcting me. 

    --
Andrei
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