apt pinning

Danilo Piazzalunga danilopiazza at libero.it
Sun Dec 12 11:18:55 UTC 2004


Nathan Sprangers wrote:
> I'm sorry, I must have misread the wiki.  I didn't realize apt-get -t
> warty upgrade would do what I want.  Nonetheless, I want the
> functionality of apt-get -t warty upgrade when I do apt-get upgrade
> which apparently requires the /etc/apt/preferences settings.  Thanks for

In theory, setting APT::Default-Release should be equivalent to specifying -t.
So, you did the right thing, and even found a workaround :)

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