Re: Bug#179868: apt: no way to really use Pin: origin, at least with cdroms
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> we see that priorities are all bunk: 111 vs. 888 and it still chooses
> 111. So why differentiate all the numbers between 100 and 990 if in
> fact they are all the same. why not just call them "priority C" or
> something. Ok enough for today.
You are confusing the selection of verion with the selection of download
source. Since all your examples deal with only 1 version available through
the internet and through a CDROM they are invalid.
Preferences will never allow you to select download source. That is not
it's purpose.
To control the select of download source you need to order your
sources.list by preference. This is documented someplace. Yes you have to
sometimes do some manual things for the reordering to take effect.
Jason
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