Bug#320154: apt-get [build-dep|source] ignores APT::Default-Release setting
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.28.6
Severity: minor
My apt.conf (included according to reportbug) specifies
APT::Default-Release "stable". I have stable and unstable sources in my
sources.list (also included), with the stable entries listed first.
apt-get install foo will choose a stable package as per design
However, build-dep and source ignore this setting and go for the
unstable package. I have to specify foo=version to guarantee the one I
want.
Ideally, build-dep and source would honour the APT::Default-Release
setting.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Default-Release "stable";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "http://wwwcache.ncl.ac.uk:8080";;
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository apt-build main
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb ftp://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb ftp://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://mirror.ox.ac.uk/debian unstable main contrib non-free
# was mirror.ox.ac.uk
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-jmtd
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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