CDIST-TYPE__APT_PIN

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

# 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

apt_preferences(5) cdist-type__apt_source(7) cdist-type__apt_backports(7) cdist-type__file(7)

AUTHORS

Daniel Fancsali <fancsali@gmail.com>

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.

COPYRIGHT

ungleich GmbH 2021