Bug#288277: apt-get -t do not always work

[Davide Prina <davide.prina@gmail.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27

If I give the following:
$ apt-get --print-uris source PACKAGE_NAME
$ apt-get --print-uris source PACKAGE_NAME -t stable
$ apt-get --print-uris source PACKAGE_NAME -t testing
$ apt-get --print-uris source PACKAGE_NAME -t unsable

I have the same results
The same you can have when you append the version after the source

For example if you take the abiword package (that have three different
versions for stable, testing and unstable) the -t flag do not work

so
$ apt-get --print-uris source abiword=1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2
$ apt-get --print-uris source abiword=1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2 -t stable
$ apt-get --print-uris source abiword=1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2 -t testing
$ apt-get --print-uris source abiword=1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2 -t unstable

all give me the same results

You can have same results with apt-get -s install
If I do
# apt-get -s isntall PACKAGE_NAME -t DEBIAN_VERSION
it work fine

but if I use the version it don't work anymore
# apt-get -s isntall PACKAGE_NAME=PACK_VER -t DEBIAN_VERSION

for example
# apt-get -s install abiword=1.0.2+cvs.2002.06.05-1woody2 -t testing
it try to install the stable version

I think it is better to check always the -t flag and print an error
message (for example: not found) if the Debian version (with -t) is
different from the one of the package version


-- System Information:
Debian Release: Sarge
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Linux: 2.4.27
libc6: 2.3.2.ds1-18

Ciao
Davide