cdist-type__apt_pin(7) ====================== NAME ---- cdist-type__apt_pin - Manage apt pinning rules DESCRIPTION ----------- Adds/removes/edits rules to pin some packages to a specific distribution. Useful if using multiple debian repositories at the same time. (Useful, if one wants to use a few specific packages from backports or perhaps Debain testing... or even sid.) REQUIRED PARAMETERS ------------------- distribution Specifies what distribution the package should be pinned to. Accepts both codenames (buster/bullseye/sid) and suite names (stable/testing/...). OPTIONAL PARAMETERS ------------------- package Package name, glob or regular expression to match (multiple) packages. If not specified `__object_id` is used. priority The priority value to assign to matching packages. Deafults to 500. (To match the default target distro's priority) state Will be passed to underlying `__file` type; see there for valid values and defaults. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS ------------------ None. EXAMPLES -------- .. code-block:: sh # Add the bullseye repo to buster, but do not install any packages by default, # only if explicitely asked for (-1 means "never" for apt) __apt_pin bullseye-default \ --package "*" \ --distribution bullseye \ --priority -1 require="__apt_pin/bullseye-default" __apt_source bullseye \ --uri http://deb.debian.org/debian/ \ --distribution bullseye \ --component main __apt_pin foo --package "foo foo-*" --distribution bullseye __foo # Assuming, this installs the `foo` package internally __package foo-plugin-extras # Assuming we also need some extra stuff SEE ALSO -------- :strong:`apt_preferences`\ (5) :strong:`cdist-type__apt_source`\ (7) :strong:`cdist-type__apt_backports`\ (7) :strong:`cdist-type__file`\ (7) AUTHORS ------- Daniel Fancsali COPYING ------- Copyright \(C) 2021 Daniel Fancsali. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.