Hi, > > list A, B, and C in sources.list, but use A as > > "primary" repo, meaning that if a package is found > > from A, don't install/update it from B or C even it's > > newer there. If a package is not present in A, then > > and only then use B or C. > > The simplest way, which probably does just what you > want, is just to put > the repositories in sources.list into your preferred > order - in this > case: > A > B > C Hmm, tried this and didn't work. Maybe I wasn't clear enough. I want to use, e.g., Dag Wieers' RPM repo to get kernel-module-ntfs and lyx with apt. But I want to stick with, e.g., official Fedora mozilla RPM, not to use one from Dag's repo. > Much more powerful (and more complex as well) > priorizing is possible by > using "pinning" - see "man apt_preferences" for the > gory details. Well, the man page was a bit cryptic, but with your hint, experimenting and google I got what I wanted! Thanks a lot, Panu. For the record, I now have in /etc/apt/sources.list (nothing under sources.list.d): # Fedora Core (Technical University Chemnitz, Germany) rpm http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora fedora/1/i386 os updates #rpm-src http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora fedora/1/i386 os updates # Fedora Extras (Technical University Chemnitz, Germany) rpm http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora fedora/1/i386 stable #rpm-src http://wftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/fedora fedora/1/i386 stable # Macromedia (Europe, Centro de Comunicaciones CSIC/RedIRIS, Madrid Spain) rpm http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt fedora/1 macromedia #rpm-src http://macromedia.rediris.es/apt fedora/1 macromedia # Livna Free World Packages for Fedora Core rpm http://rpm.livna.org/ fedora/1/i386 stable #rpm-src http://rpm.livna.org/ fedora/1/i386 stable # Dag's Apt Repository for Fedora Core rpm http://apt.sw.be redhat/fc1/en/i386 dag #rpm-src http://apt.sw.be redhat/fc1/en/i386 dag And in /etc/apt/preferences: Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 900 Package: * Pin: origin macromedia.rediris.es Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * Pin: origin rpm.livna.org Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: origin apt.sw.be Pin-Priority: 600 And everything seems to be working ok, so I presume the config is sane. MP3 support etc are from livna.org, only packages which aren't nowhere else, are from apt.sw.be. Woohoo! :-) Thanks, Erik. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
