From: Michael Goetze on
Hi Boyd,

> I think in both these cases you are being bit by having APT::Default-Release
> "testing" in /etc/apt/apt.conf(.d). The relevant quote from man 5
> apt_preferences is "The target release can be set on the apt-get command line
> or in the APT configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf. Note that this has
> precedence over any general priority you set in the /etc/apt/preferences file
> described later, but not over specifically pinned packages."

thanks for the pointer, which has enabled me to solve my problem.

Regards,
Michael


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