Bug#145575: apt: APT::Default-Release overrides /etc/apt/preferences

[Sven Marnach <sven@fsk.uni-heidelberg.de>]

Matt Zimmerman schrieb am Don, 02. Mai 2002, um 22:33:01 -0400:
> On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 05:52:45PM +0200, Sven Marnach wrote:
> 
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 0.5.4
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > The APT::Default-Release configuration item overrides a default pin in
> > /etc/apt/preferences, while man page of apt-get states
> > 
> >        --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
> 
> What is the priority of the pin in the preferences file?  As you quoted, the
> pin created by APT::Default-Release is at priority 990, so your pin must
> have a higher priority in order to override it.
> 
> -- 
>  - mdz

It is possible to override the pin for a single package.  For example
the following preferences file pins the package mutt with
priority 1001:

Package: mutt
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 1001

But the following preferences file doesn't override the default pin
created by APT::Default-Release:

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 1001

Sven


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