[svlug] Debian stable/unstable hybrid?

[J C Lawrence]

On Tue, 10 Sep 2002 11:28:15 -0700 
Wayne Earl <wayne at qconcepts.net> wrote:

> I have a Debian GNU/Linux system running the latest stable. I have a
> need to use a version of MySQL greater than 3.23.50 (I need
> autoextending InnoDB tables), but stable only has 3.23.49. Unstable
> has 3.23.52, but I do not wish to upgrade the entire box to
> unstable. What would be a good way to use the newer MySQL without
> upgrading the entire box to unstable?

/etc/apt/preferences:

  Package: *
  Pin: release a=testing
  Pin-Priority: 999

Then:

  # apt-get install mysql/unstable

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