[plug] Another user converted to Debian :)

[Jeff Williams]

Adrian Woodley wrote:

>Yeah, it does. But the easiest way around that if you still want to run
>Woody/Sarge is to put an entry in your apt.conf file along the lines of
>'APT::Default-Release "stable"'. Make sure that your sources.list refers to
>'stable' instead of 'woody'. Then add another entry refering to 'unstable'. It
>will then only pull files from Sid if you need them. An apt-get -t experimental
>install gnome2 should set you up with the latest gnome 2 stuff without needing
>to run your whole system on Sid (not that thats a problem - all my machines run
>on sid).
>  
>
Yeah, I run sid too, but I was just checking because the original post 
was about woody.

But another question, once you've done the

apt-get -t experimental install gnome2

will those packages then be updated from experimental if you just to 
apt-get upgrade?

Jeff