16.8. cdist-type__apt_pin(7)¶
16.8.1. NAME¶
cdist-type__apt_pin - Manage apt pinning rules
16.8.2. 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.)
16.8.3. REQUIRED PARAMETERS¶
- distribution
Specifies what distribution the package should be pinned to. Accepts both codenames (buster/bullseye/sid) and suite names (stable/testing/...).
16.8.4. 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.
16.8.5. BOOLEAN PARAMETERS¶
None.
16.8.6. EXAMPLES¶
# 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
16.8.7. SEE ALSO¶
apt_preferences(5) cdist-type__apt_source(7) cdist-type__apt_backports(7) cdist-type__file(7)
16.8.9. 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.