Bug#216682: marked as done (apt/preferences: need for pinning a given (set of) package per release)
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From: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
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Subject: apt/preferences: need for pinning a given (set of) package per release
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.14
Severity: wishlist
Currently, as documented in the sid manpage, one can only pin a single
package per "version", or all packages (via "*") per "release".
It would be useful to pin a single package per "release" as well, since:
1. one possibly does not want to bother what the package version is
2. pinning a version uwing a wildcard may not be adequate, as
examplified by the openssh major upgrade during the potato
maintainance cycle
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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:29:47 -0400
From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>, 216682-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#216682: apt/preferences: need for pinning a given (set of) package per release
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 03:45:34PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> Currently, as documented in the sid manpage, one can only pin a single
> package per "version", or all packages (via "*") per "release".
>
> It would be useful to pin a single package per "release" as well, since:
>
> 1. one possibly does not want to bother what the package version is
>
> 2. pinning a version uwing a wildcard may not be adequate, as
> examplified by the openssh major upgrade during the potato
> maintainance cycle
The man page does not say this; that's just what the two examples look like.
Pinning a single package by release works fine.
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