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Explain where to put the configuration, thanks Jesse the Wind Wanderer.
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Pin-priorities are the solutionsolution; add this either to /etc/apt/preferences, or to a new file under /etc/apt/preferences.d:

Package: * Pin: release a=* Pin-Priority: 1001

apt upgrade will install the latest version of any installed package that it knows about, even if it means downgrading. apt only knows about packages from the currently-configured repositories, after apt update, so this will have the desired effect.

Pin-priorities are the solution:

Package: * Pin: release a=* Pin-Priority: 1001

apt upgrade will install the latest version of any installed package that it knows about, even if it means downgrading. apt only knows about packages from the currently-configured repositories, after apt update, so this will have the desired effect.

Pin-priorities are the solution; add this either to /etc/apt/preferences, or to a new file under /etc/apt/preferences.d:

Package: * Pin: release a=* Pin-Priority: 1001

apt upgrade will install the latest version of any installed package that it knows about, even if it means downgrading. apt only knows about packages from the currently-configured repositories, after apt update, so this will have the desired effect.

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Stephen Kitt
Stephen Kitt
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Pin-priorities are the solution:

Package: * Pin: release a=* Pin-Priority: 1001

apt upgrade will install the latest version of any installed package that it knows about, even if it means downgrading. apt only knows about packages from the currently-configured repositories, after apt update, so this will have the desired effect.