Bug#254716: /usr/bin/apt-get: preferences: allow code names
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.25
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
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If i, in the preferences file included below, I replace "unstable" with
"sid" and "testing" with "sarge", apt refuses to obey them.
That's not optimal for people who basically want to track sarge.
Worse, in the set-up below, apt now silently prefers experimental,
which is why I tagged this bug "normal" instead of "minor".
- -- Package-specific info:
- -- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release o=smurf
Pin-Priority: 951
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 650
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 601
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 542
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 503
- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
- -- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (650, 'testing'), (601, 'unstable'), (542, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-rc2-mm2-1.12
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.0-2 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
- -- no debconf information
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