Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] demudi (was SuperClonider)
From: orjan askhult (orjan.askhult_AT_chello.se)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 10:50:03 EEST
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 10:10:10PM +0100, Bob Ham wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 17:35, Frank Barknecht wrote:
>
> > > Another question: would it be possible to use a Debian testing, and
> > > change the sources.list so that you can use the unstable sound apps?
> > This normally is no problem, you can have both in your sources.list,
> > the one coming first gets taken then. That way, if you put unstable
> > after testing, you can keep a testing system and only install those
> > apps from unstable, that aren't in testing.
>
> Actually, I don't think this will work; doing an "apt-get install
> package" or "apt-get dist-upgrade" will upgrade packages to their latest
> version, whichever disribution tree they come from, IIRC. It doesn't
> matter tho, because the unstable tree is constituted not only by
> unstable packages, but packages from other trees in order to fill the
> gaps. When there were the actual directory trees, the files were linked
> from the approriate directory. I don't know what the new fangled pool
> system does to this tho; I assume all the gap-filling goes on in the
> Packages file. Plus, I don't know if the gaps are filled from stable or
> testing.. I'd imagine testing, seeing as it's the logical choice.
> Anyway, you can install a package specifically from testing if you do
> "apt-get install package=testing" or something like that; check the man
> page. Of course, you do have to have testing listed in your
> sources.list then.
>
> Bob
>
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Hi,
It's is indeed possible to use testing and chose packages from unstable.
IIRC it's called "pinning", docs in man apt_preferences.
regareds Örjan
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