Bug#254716: /usr/bin/apt-get: preferences: allow code names
retitle 97564 could support release codenames in addition to stable/... aliases
severity 254716 wishlist
merge 97564 254716
thanks
On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 05:22:12PM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.25
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
>
> 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.
Please check the bug list before reporting a new bug. I know it's long, but
it scales better for each submitter to check for their bug than for me to
have to check for all of them.
> Worse, in the set-up below, apt now silently prefers experimental,
> which is why I tagged this bug "normal" instead of "minor".
It did what you told it to do. By default, experimental is assigned a much
lower precedence, but you overrode that.
> -- 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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- mdz
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