Can't use apt-pinning (Hardy)

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:21:53 -0400
"Brian McKee" <brian.mckee at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 11:58 AM, Mumia W.
> <paduille.4062.mumia.w+nospam at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > Mumia W. wrote:
> >> I'm trying to use apt-pinning under Ubuntu Hardy i386 to prevent myself
> >> from accidentally installing a buggy library; however, this does not work:
> 
> Have you tried using Synaptic to accomplish the pin?   If it's not
> available on the machine in question maybe you could do it on another
> machine and see what it does?  I'm not able to help with that syntax
> either, but thought using Synaptic might get you started...
> 
> Brian
> 

Will either one of these help? (I'm sorry, Brian, I lost the start of
this thread) I have not tried to do this, myself.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports

good luck,

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