[geeks] And The Linux Weenies Wonder Why They Aren't Mainstream...

[Frank Van Damme]

On 3/1/06, velociraptor <velociraptor at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/1/06, Frank Van Damme <frank.vandamme at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/28/06, velociraptor <velociraptor at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > This is where we differ...I hate RPM.  Apt and it's derivatives are
> bearable,
> > > though the configuration hierarchy is something I haven't quite grokked
> > > yet.
> > >
> > Uhm, what configuration hierarchy? :)
>
> e.g. How to get the sources list to work in the order you want it
> to work so that things suitable for a desktop (e.g. deb unstable)
> will show up.
>
> =Nadine=

I don't think the order of the sources list matters for which packages
apt selects. This is done with the -t argument to apt, the
configuration option APT::Default-Release in /etc/apt/apt.conf and
through pinning in /etc/apt/preferences (see man apt_preferences).

It's a fairly complicated system, at least, you can make it
complicated if you want to :)

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Frank Van Damme