Re: DWN:Pinnign Unstable and APT::Default-Release.

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> hi, 
> 
> i tried to use what you suggest
> but apt complains about garbage in /etc/apt/apt.conf
> and indeed the option (Default-Release) you suggest is not 
> among those listed there. 
> 


Although this option (-t, --target-release, --default-release) is 
mentioned in apt-get's manpage it does indeed _not_ in 
/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz.
In any case I did not get complaints about it. Could it be that you are 
using an older version of apt? Mine is 0.5.4, from testing. Can you 
post more details?


> 
> 
> on the otherhand Pinning does work for me 
> could it be that you really worked with 
> 
> > In short, it was suggested to have the following in /etc/apt/prefernces:
>                                                                     ^^^
> in my (bitter) experience, the most frequent reason for things not
> working are all these stupid tipos
> 
> 
> imre
> 


You are absolutely right. Thank you. It is of course preferences. Now 
pinning work as described and without any modifications to 
/etc/apt/apt.conf.
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