Dev/APT Pinning

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Why we should avoid Debian APT Pinning

Summary[edit]

Debian developers would literally hate this.

Okay for end users and sys admins, but not a solution for a Debian derivative.

More Details[edit]

Question: Can a package pull a another package from another repository to be added?archive.org

Answers:

Example where Kicksecure backports APT pinning instructions broke users systems:

https://forums.whonix.org/t/templates-incorrectly-think-theyre-not-connected-to-a-whonix-gateway/2258/25archive.org

Misc[edit]

user documentation template archived: https://www.kicksecure.com/w/index.php?title=Special:Undelete&target=Template%3AApt-Pinning&timestamp=20170721231624archive.org

Major Issues[edit]

https://forums.whonix.org/t/templates-incorrectly-think-theyre-not-connected-to-a-whonix-gateway/2258/25archive.org

backports by default[edit]

History[edit]

This idea came up originally in context of: https://web.archive.org/web/20220322174537/https://github.com/Whonix/Whonix/issues/60archive.org

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