Re: How to comment out lines in /etc/apt/preferences?
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 07:06, Lloyd Zusman wrote:
> Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> writes:
>
> > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 05:39, Lloyd Zusman wrote:
> >> Is there a way to comment out lines in /etc/apt/preferences? I tried
> >> various comment characters, but none worked. I couldn't find anything
> >> about this in the documentation.
> >
> > The hash (#) always works for me...
>
> But the hash doesn't work for me on /etc/apt/preferences ...
>
> # cat /etc/apt/preferences
> Package: mplayer*
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 700
>
> #Package: ruby*
> #Pin: release a=unstable
> #Pin-Priority: 700
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 650
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 600
>
> # apt-get update
> ... normal `apt-get update' output, followed by:
> E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header
>
> If I remove the hashes before lines in the "ruby*" section, I no longer
> get that error.
>
> This seems to imply that the hash mark is not considered to be a proper
> comment character in /etc/apt/preferences.
>
>
> --
> Lloyd Zusman
> ljz@asfast.com
Leave a space between # and the line you're commenting out.
--
Dale Hair <dale@meridian-electric.com>
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