how to apt-get package pinning with lmde

[hoshi411]

I'm a big fan of Debian which is one thing that caused me to take a look at lmde and one of the issues I'm having in making the switch is with package pinning.

In Debian I have my apt-get setup so that my preferences are like this:

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Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 650

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600

Package: *
Pin: release a=oldstable
Pin-Priority: 550

which is so nice because when installing packages I can just go:

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apt-get install gimp/unstable


and it will install the unstable version or which ever version I choose. I can even do

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apt-get install gimp/oldstable


and downgrade if I choose. It makes doing upgrades and installing and managing packages so nice when using apt-get.

but I can't figure out how to make lmde work the same way.

My sources.list looks like this:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport

deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/incoming testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/incoming/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/incoming/multimedia testing main non-free


and I can figure out how to configure it so that there is one for oldstable and one for stable and one for testing and one for unstable.

It looks like:
packages.linuxmin.com is for stable
debian.linuxmint.com/latest is for testing
debian.linuxmint.com/incoming is for unstable

is this right?

if so , how do I get to oldstable? and how to I configure my apt-get pref file so I can go

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apt-get install gimp/stable


etc...

[Gerd50]

It looks like:
packages.linuxmin.com is for stable
debian.linuxmint.com/latest is for testing
debian.linuxmint.com/incoming is for unstable

is this right?

No, it's not. The first one is for mint specific packages. Latest testing is for tested update packages. Incoming testing is for
guinea pigs who want to test packages in order to find bugs before they reach latest testing.

I think apt-pinning like you know it makes sense only if you use

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import

plus original debian sources.

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