 Apt Pinning, A must for using mixed repos |
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 Dec 15 2007, 11:16 PM
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Found a nice newbie-friendly article on apt pinning, which enables the user to prioritize the repos in /etc/apt/sources.list instead of installing/upgrading things simply based on the versioning of the packages:
http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html One immediate use I thought of is to assign the highest priority to jpmatrix's custom repo, so that 2or0's mplayer won't get replaced by apt-get dist-upgrade. 
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Dec 16 2007, 08:19 AM
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VERY Helpful, helps with gnumeric too which is broken in armel.
Whats the soure entry for 2or0's custom repo? I have jpmatrix one mentioned in your signature, noticed mplayer wasn't in there. |
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Jan 26 2010, 12:41 PM
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QUOTE(ZDevil @ Dec 16 2007, 02:16 AM)  Found a nice newbie-friendly article on apt pinning, which enables the user to prioritize the repos in /etc/apt/sources.list instead of installing/upgrading things simply based on the versioning of the packages: http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html One immediate use I thought of is to assign the highest priority to jpmatrix's custom repo, so that 2or0's mplayer won't get replaced by apt-get dist-upgrade. My /etc/apt/preferences is pretty much exactly whats on that link plus a line to keep udev from upgrading. Any others? Maybe we should keep a list of potential apt pit falls. CODE Package: udev Pin: version 0.114-2 Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 Cal PS my udev pin might not be at the highest possible version, but it hasn't caused a problem yet. |
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Jan 27 2010, 11:11 AM
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QUOTE(cal @ Jan 26 2010, 10:41 PM) QUOTE(ZDevil @ Dec 16 2007, 02:16 AM) Found a nice newbie-friendly article on apt pinning, which enables the user to prioritize the repos in /etc/apt/sources.list instead of installing/upgrading things simply based on the versioning of the packages: http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html One immediate use I thought of is to assign the highest priority to jpmatrix's custom repo, so that 2or0's mplayer won't get replaced by apt-get dist-upgrade. My /etc/apt/preferences is pretty much exactly whats on that link plus a line to keep udev from upgrading. Any others? Maybe we should keep a list of potential apt pit falls. CODE Package: udev Pin: version 0.114-2 Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 Cal PS my udev pin might not be at the highest possible version, but it hasn't caused a problem yet. Thanks for the info, my udev is broken....any ideas on how to fix it? |
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Jan 27 2010, 06:09 PM
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QUOTE(axeTail @ Jan 27 2010, 02:11 PM) QUOTE(cal @ Jan 26 2010, 10:41 PM) QUOTE(ZDevil @ Dec 16 2007, 02:16 AM) Found a nice newbie-friendly article on apt pinning, which enables the user to prioritize the repos in /etc/apt/sources.list instead of installing/upgrading things simply based on the versioning of the packages: http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html One immediate use I thought of is to assign the highest priority to jpmatrix's custom repo, so that 2or0's mplayer won't get replaced by apt-get dist-upgrade. My /etc/apt/preferences is pretty much exactly whats on that link plus a line to keep udev from upgrading. Any others? Maybe we should keep a list of potential apt pit falls. CODE Package: udev Pin: version 0.114-2 Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 Cal PS my udev pin might not be at the highest possible version, but it hasn't caused a problem yet. Thanks for the info, my udev is broken....any ideas on how to fix it? Sorry, I don't really. Maybe you can roll back with sudo aptitude install <pkgname>=<version> |
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Feb 26 2010, 07:22 AM
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QUOTE(axeTail @ Jan 27 2010, 07:11 PM) Thanks for the info, my udev is broken....any ideas on how to fix it? Look at my post in the Udev and Kernel thread. |
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