Re: Bug#131748: apt: APT::Default-Release not documented

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>]

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Joey Hess wrote:

> apt.conf(5) doesn't even mention APT::Default-Release. It is not in the
> example apt.conf either. This is one of the more common things people
> will want to configure in apt, and it should be better documented.

It is in the apt-get man page with the rest of those tool specific
configuration options. 

       --default-release
              This option controls the default input to the  pol­
              icy  engine,  it  creates a default pin at priority
              990 using the specified release string. The prefer­
              ences  file  may  further override this setting. In
              short, this option lets  you  have  simple  control
              over  which distribution packages will be retrieved
              from. Some common examples might be -t '2.1*' or -t
              unstable.  Configuration Item: APT::Default-Release

Jason