Re: Bug#114241: apt: synonims do not work for --target-release and no check done
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Luiz-Otavio L. Zorzella wrote:
> > As documented in the man page, yes.
>
> I'd have it documented as a wishlist if it were not for the other
> item... Is there any reason why synomims should not work?
It is not an proper name for the distribution. It is not present in the
Release file.
> > Well, perhaps that could be fixed up, though I think it could be very
> > annoying if someone edits their sources.list
>
> I don't quite understand why modifying sources.list would have any
> impact on that... You only use 'stable' even when sources.list says
If you put it in apt.conf say, and then remove stable from your
sources.list APT would refuse to run.
Jason
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