[oclug] apt problem while tracking alternate release

[Dave O'Neill]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:57:33AM -0400, Jon Earle wrote:
> My system is currently debian 3.0 stable.  I want to install the latest
> mozilla from unstable, but when I issue 'apt-get -t unstable install
> mozilla', apt wants to remove all my kde setup and install a whole pile of
> other stuff including ldap, ogg and whatnot.  I tried adding the '-d'
> option to the above command (in various place) to just download the
> package, but I get the same output from apt - that it wants to essentially
> ruin my system in the process.
> 
> How can I slap it into obedience?

Check out http://www.argon.org/~roderick/apt-pinning.html

Dave