Bug#155568: solution?
> If I insert somethink like
> Package: binutils
> Pin: version 2.12.90.0.15-1
> Pin-Priority: -1
> [...]
> to /etc/apt/preferences, it will be ignored. So there is no
> way to knock out a buggy newer version. Only the following works:
> Package: binutils
> Pin: version 2.12.90.0.14-1
(I am assuming that the buggy version is 2.12.90.0.15-1 and the
non-buggy version is 2.12.90.0.14-1.)
Does it make sense to pin a package to a buggy version to which
you give a low priority? Don't you want to pin the package to
a working version to which you give a high priority?
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