$ more /etc/apt/preferences Package: linux-source-* Pin: version * Pin-Priority: 500 Package: * Pin: release o=Debian, a=unstable Pin-Priority: 90 $ apt-show-versions -u linux-source-2.6.14/unstable upgradeable from 2.6.14-2 to 2.6.14-3 libgcc1/unstable upgradeable from 1:4.0.2-3 to 1:4.0.2-4 cpp-4.0/unstable upgradeable from 4.0.2-3 to 4.0.2-4 gcc-4.0/unstable upgradeable from 4.0.2-3 to 4.0.2-4 gcc-4.0-base/unstable upgradeable from 4.0.2-3 to 4.0.2-4 libstdc++6/unstable upgradeable from 4.0.2-3 to 4.0.2-4 libpisock8/unstable upgradeable from 0.11.8-14 to 0.11.8-15 $ sudo aptitude upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done