Debian netinst CD with speakup

[Sean McMahon]

Out of curiosity, where did you find the listing about choosing the default
release in apt.conf ?
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From: "Thomas Stivers" <stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>; "Speakup Distribution List"
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Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:47 AM
Subject: Re: Debian netinst CD with speakup


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> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 07:05:03 AM -0400, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> > The disk installs Sarge/testing, but Sarge is no longer testing, since
> > it was promoted to stable on June 6. Testing is now called something
> > else. So what do I get if I now do an install with that CD? Do I get
> > Sarge/stable? or the new testing? Will there be an opportunity to
> > specify which I want during the install? perhaps by dropping to a shell
> > prompt and editing something? I will be doing two more installations
> > later this week and hope to avoid surprises.
>
> Short answer: If you have the 3.1r0a CD just install it and it'll work.
>
> Long answer: I think the answer depends on exactly which revision of the
> netinst-speakup cd you have. If you downloaded it a while back you might
> have a copy that was for the testing ditribution, but if you have the
> 3.1r0a version then what you have is for stable. You can of course edit
> /etc/apt/sources.list after you install and specify
> stable/testing/unstable or sarge/etch/sid whichever you prefer. As an
> interesting note, according to the debian top brass who are supposed to
> know about these things, changing entries in /etc/apt/sources.list is
> not the canonical way to choose which version you are running. I am not
> completely clear on the details, but it looks like you can have all
> three of stable, testing, and unstable listed in sources.list and then
> choose the default release you want by putting the line
> APT::Default-Release "stable"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. This file will not
> exist by default. I think this might be a good idea because it allows
> you to run selected packages from testing or unstable while keeping the
> bulk of your system running stable. It is rather an advanced option, so
> as the saying goes "if you break it you get to keep all the pieces."
>
> - -- 
> "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
> Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
> by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
>
> Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t at tomass.dyndns.org
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