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Re: `apt list` output question



On Ma, 30 mar 21, 09:47:48, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> 
> # apt install yamllint/buster
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree       
> Reading state information... Done
> Selected version '1.15.0-1' (Debian:10.9/stable [all]) for 'yamllint'
> ...
> 
> I just don't quite understand how this can be put to good use.

It's useful when you mix releases (dangerous).
 
> But at least I know now what the "unknown" suffix means:
> When you see unknown, that means the repository doesn’t have a "Suite"
> entry in its Release file.
> 
> It's also confusing that the suffix shows "stable" while in fact I'm
> tracking "buster" and have no intention to track "stable".
> Indeed "apt-cache policy yamllint" shows 
> "500 http://deb.debian.org/debian buster/main amd64 Packages", that is
> "buster", not "stable" as in "apt list" output.

But buster is (still) stable ;)


Kind regards,
Andrei
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