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Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?



On 2017-03-21 21:19 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

> 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.

Huh?  At least on my systems, it obeys them.

Cheers,
       Sven


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