Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?

[Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>]

On 2017-03-21 08:36:40 -0600, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> See the apt_preferences man page for information on prioritizing
> distributions.  My own preferences file contains
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 700
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=stable
> Pin-Priority: 650
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=unstable
> Pin-Priority: 600
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=experimental
> Pin-Priority: 550

aptitude ignores the apt preferences.

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