[NBLUG/talk] Debian test tree and evolution

[E Frank Ball]

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 02:35:36PM -0700, Steve Johnson wrote:
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} Ahh ok, how do I make apt-get, get a package from another release?  My 
} sources file is all set up for test.

Add the other releases to your sources.list file, example:

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib

In your /etc/apt/apt.conf file:
APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;
APT::Default-Release "testing";

The Cache limit is necessary or apt-get update pukes.

Do apt-get update

then apt-get -t unstable install packagename
or apt-get -t stable install packagename

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   E Frank Ball                frankb at efball.com