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4570 · Xandrosian Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 204

I saw a reference to 'pinning' ones computer system before running things that can make it unstable.

How do I 'pin' my system and what does it mean?

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entdiablo · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:22 pm Post subject:

(Originally posted by Arne Anka on Dec 28, 2004)(reposted by richb)

PINNING YOUR SYSTEM

When having multiple repositories it's not unusual that same package exists in more than one of those repositories, but with different version numbers. The default behaviour in an unpinned system is to install the one with the highest version number.

When mixing Xandros with repositories from other sites this is not the behaviour we want. Instead, what we want is to always install packages from Xandros repositories no matter what version they have and only if packages do not exist in Xandros repositories or we explicitly says so shall packages be installed from other repositories.

For more info: http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=14236
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