Re: Using apt_preferences?
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 07:53:32PM +0000, John Gay wrote:
> I wanted to update my testing system to KDE2.2.1 and was usingthe info
> provided by Bruce Miller in his mini-HOW-TO but I'm having problems with
> my preferences file. The contents of /etc/apt/preferences is:
> Package: *
>
> Pin: release a=testing
>
> Pin-Priority: 777
> But apt-get is reporting the following:
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header
> progeny:/home/jgay#
I guess you should not put empty lines between the command 'groups' (each
of which starts with a "Package: ..." line).
(just a guess, however).
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