[TriLUG] debian in production

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 10/21/05, Scott Lundgren <trilug at capitalfellow.com> wrote:
> could you give me
> an overview how you blend syncs with the "testing" package tree? Do you
> run say 90% of the server from stable packages and only selectively
> update certain software to testing packages? On a scale from mostly
> harmless to nutball crazy what's the opinion of this package tree
> mixing?

It can be done fairly easily.  It's called "pinning" and apt supports it
with only a few configuration file changes. See

http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html

for a better overview of pinning.

Cheers,
Tanner
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