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

[Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>]

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


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