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Apt supports this. However, no distribution officially supports that scheme. http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences http:

by qznc 14y ago

Apt supports this. However, no distribution officially supports that scheme. http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences http://wiki.debian.org/AptPreferences http://serverfault.com/questions/22414/how-can-i-run-debian-stable-but-install-some-packages-from-testing http://serverfault.com/questions/22414/how-can-i-run-debian-... http://blog.drewwithers.com/2011/06/mixing-debian-stable-and-unstable.html http://blog.drewwithers.com/2011/06/mixing-debian-stable-and... Debian stable + backports is probably closest. Unfortunatelly, there are few backports. Partially, because few people use it and partially because upstream rarely cares for Debian stable.

sp332 14y ago
Can't you do this with Synaptic? Include apt lines for multiple versions, then select "prefer versions from Oneiric". That lets you force a version for specific packages while not updating the whole system.