Re: Bug#115517: apt: example preferences files should be included

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>]

On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Joey Hess wrote:

> > in apt.conf (-t command line option). To eliminate unstable from selection
> > it is equally effective to remove it from the sources.list.
> 
> Hmm, I can pull packages from unstable with the described file. I'm not
> 100% sure they continue upgrading from unstable after that.

Really?

wakko{jgg}~/work/apt/build/bin#./apt-get install vigor -s
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Package vigor has no available version, but exists in the database.
This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
of sources.list
E: Package vigor has no installation candidate

Stupid message I will admit, but still..

wakko{jgg}~/work/apt/build/bin#./apt-cache policy vigor
vigor:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version Table:
     0.016-4 0
        -10 http://gluck.debian.org unstable/main Packages

Jason