mozilla.debian.net should advise on pinning 'unstable'
paul
paul at zot.org
Mon Jan 29 07:21:48 UTC 2018
Hi folks,
I've just turned a Buster install into an 'Accidental Sid' install by
following the instructions to install the release version of Firefox on
mozilla.debian.net.
The problem is that the instructions don't mention to lower the pin
priority on the new 'unstable' repo you insert (I inserted it as a new
.list file in sources.list.d), so it gets a default pin of 500. This
matches the original default repos, and unstable will win out due to the
higher version numbers for various packages. As I was installing this
fresh machine, I was in "just upgrade stuff until it stops complaining"
mode, so didn't realise that it was now pulling from 'unstable'.
lsb_release now reports the system as being version 'unstable'.
The instructions should probably mention the pinning issue, for those
who don't already have a pin for 'unstable'. I put the following into
/etc/apt/preferences, which in theory would have prevented the
'Accidental Sid':
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 100
Cheers,
Paul
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