Re: Configuring /etc/apt/preferences
On 2004-04-22 23:49:49 +0200, Andrei Badea wrote:
> Having a slow Internet connection, I want to set /etc/apt/preferences so
> that packages from the CDs have a greater priority that those on the
> network. So I put in preferences:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: origin ftp.cz.debian.org
> Pin-Priority: 500
>
> IMHO this should set a priority of 500 for all packages from the ftp
> mirror.
If I've understood correctly, this sets a priority of *at least* 500
for all packages from the ftp mirror. But you may have other rules
setting a higher priority.
> However, when I do a "apt-cache policy", I get:
>
> ... lines for the cdroms, priority 990 ...
> 990 ftp://ftp.cz.debian.org unstable/main Packages
> release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main
> origin ftp.cz.debian.org
> 990 ftp://ftp.cz.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
> release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=contrib
> origin ftp.cz.debian.org
> Pinned Packages:
>
> So the priority of the network packages still is 990. Also, when I try
> to install a package, APT would always install the newest version from
> the network.
>
> Could please anyone explain why? Thank you for any help.
This 990 may come from that [from apt_preferences(5)]:
priority 990
to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target
release.
(whatever the source...).
The problem with preferences is that one can only increase a priority,
not decrease it.
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