Re: apt.conf and sources.list, defeat has come.
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On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 03:32:34AM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote:
> Sorry to say, I am giving up on this specific research project.
>
> I have about 32 VMs created (about 25 or so deleted too). Have been
> madly installing, upgrading even downgrading. With various
> configurations of apt.conf and sources.list.
>
> I scrounged up my full set of install disks for potato, woody and sarge.
> I used net installs for etch and sid. I am completely whipped on this
> research. It has taken 40+ hours of doing, installing, documenting,
> logging, watching, recalling OLD ancient bugs, timelining everything and
> sacrificing (goat blood in some cases, chicken blood in others) But I
> still have not found any really consistent data to prove or disprove any
> real information about how apt works with apt.conf in terms of
> Default::Release. Some versions of apt recognize monikers like woody,
> but not potato. Some only see testing, unstable, stable or experimental.
> Some don't even recognize experimental.
Hi Greg,
it sounds like apt is behaving inconsistently wrt its recongnition of
release names vs distro names. If you haven't filed a but, I guess that
is the only thing to do. Sorry to hear about the other unfun things :-(
here's to a better 2007.
Cheers,
Kev
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