[TriLUG] debian in production

[Joel Ebel]

I'm doing exactly this on a particular server I run, but only for the 
kernel.  The problem is that the 686-smp kernel in stable has a terrible 
bug that won't let it boot on an intel board and processor I've got that 
uses hyperthreading.  I REALLY needed hyperthreading for the application 
I was running so I needed the 686-smp kernel from testing.  Everything 
else if from stable though.

Joel

Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> On 10/21/05, Scott Lundgren <trilug at capitalfellow.com> wrote:
>> could you give me
>> an overview how you blend syncs with the "testing" package tree? Do you
>> run say 90% of the server from stable packages and only selectively
>> update certain software to testing packages? On a scale from mostly
>> harmless to nutball crazy what's the opinion of this package tree
>> mixing?
> 
> It can be done fairly easily.  It's called "pinning" and apt supports it
> with only a few configuration file changes. See
> 
> http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
> 
> for a better overview of pinning.
> 
> Cheers,
> Tanner
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