Bug#145575: apt: APT::Default-Release overrides /etc/apt/preferences
On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 12:56:34PM +0200, Sven Marnach wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman schrieb am Don, 02. Mai 2002, um 22:33:01 -0400:
> > 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.
>
> 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
Please send apt-cache policy output, and complete copies of
/etc/apt/apt.conf and /etc/apt/preferences.
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- mdz
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