Re: CVS apt 0.4.0

[Peter Teichman <peter@helixcode.com>]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 12:47:44AM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> Some of you on this list may be interested in testing the CVS aliencode
> branch.. I just added this command line option:
> 
> dit(bf(-t, --target-release, --default-release))
> This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
> a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. The
> preferences file may further override this setting. In short, this option
> lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
> retrieved from. Some common examples might me -t '2.1*' or -t unstable.
> Configuration Item: bf(APT::Default-Release)

This is a pleasant thing to return to from the weekend. :)

I'll poke at it a bit later today. Thanks for the heads-up - this will
be nice for everyone involved.

Peter