Re: a question about apt_preferences,

[David Jardine <david@jardine.de>]

On Sun, Jun 12, 2005 at 03:47:16PM -0600, Paul E Condon wrote:
> I am attempting to set up apt_preferences to pin priorities on
> the basis of the name of a release rather than on the basis of
> (stable|testing|unstable). I tried a line :
> 
> Pin: release a=etch
> 
> but this is ignored by aptitude.
> I can set the priority of testing with a line :
> 
> Pin: release a=testing
> 
> I've looked at the contents of several release files, and see that in
> these files the stable/testing/unstable value is in the 'Suite:'
> field. In man apt_preferences, this is called the Archive, not the
> Suite. This, I think, explains the use of 'a=' in the above config
> string.
> 
> What I have been calling the release name is found in the 'Codename:'
> field. I see in man apt_preferences mention of selecting a specific
> release on the basis of origin, with 'o=', version with 'v=', and
> label with 'l='.
> 
> Is there a similar way of pinning on the contents of the Codename:
> field?  
> 
> The string 'c=' won't work because it is already in use to select the
> 'component', i.e., main/contrib/non-free. The string 'v=' won't work
> because there is no version# assigned to testing or unstable.

Have you read Wayne Topa's post in another thread (/etc/
debian_version fo Etch)?  It seems that 

	apt-cache policy base-files

will after all give you a distinct version number.

HTH,
David


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