Package: apt Version: 0.7.3 Severity: wishlist It is currently not possible to have comments in /etc/apt/preferences: $ apt-cache policy foo E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header $ cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: * Pin: release o=zg,l=zg/testetch Pin-Priority: -10 #Package: * #Pin: release o=zg,l=zg/lenny #Pin-Priority: -10 Please allow comments! Greetings Marc