Bug#222810: apt: Refuses to upgrade when a package changes sources.
reopen 222810
retitle 222810 [doc] apt_preferences(5) does not explain non-automatic sources
thanks
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 02:46:17PM -0600, Bill Gribble wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 14:34, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > man apt_preferences, search for experimental.
>
> The string 'experimental' does not occur in the apt_preferences man page
> for apt version 0.5.14.
Hmm, this text must have been removed when that page was rewritten.
It used to say:
Some sources, such as project/experimental are marked Not Automatic -
these fall to the bottom of the selection pile.
In other words, packages from experimental will never be automatically
preferred. This is a feature. The bug is that the documentation for it was
removed. The new man page is also problematic in other ways, and I think it
needs another overhaul.
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- mdz
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