Re: a question about apt_preferences,

["Todd A. Jacobs" <nospam@codegnome.org>]

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

I filed a bug report against apt for this recently (although the 
mechanism I was using was slightly different), and the maintainer 
basically said "Yeah, and the problem is...?"

So, your choices are to:

   1. File it as a bug report. Maybe if enough people complain, it will 
      cease to be a "feature."

   2. Avoid using the codenames, which of course may cause problems or 
      require manual intervention whenever testing goes stable.

Either way, good luck!

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