Dev/APT Pinning
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This idea came up originally in context of: https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/issues/60 [archive]
Summary[edit]
Debian developers would literally hate this.
Okay for end users and sys admins, but not a solution for a Debian derivative.
More Details[edit]
Question: Can a package pull a another package from another repository to be added? [archive]
Answers:
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/2013/08/msg00005.html [archive]
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-derivatives/2013/08/msg00006.html [archive]
Example where Whonix ™ backports APT pinning instructions broke users systems:
https://forums.whonix.org/t/templates-incorrectly-think-theyre-not-connected-to-a-whonix-gateway/2258/25 [archive]
Misc[edit]
- user documentation template: Template:Apt-Pinning
backports by default[edit]
- Had resulted to breakage in Qubes. See: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/4443 [archive]
- Debian bug linux-image-amd64 vs linux-headers-amd64 Debian buster-backports version mismatch bpo.2 vs bpo.3 [archive] shows that just enabling backports repository might lead to issues. In this example, breaking all kernel modules due to kernel image vs kernel headers version mismatch from backports packages.debian.org.
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