Bug#509541: apt: apt_preferences(5) default priority assignments confusing

[Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>]

At Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:20:43 +0200,
Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
> 
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> Junichi Uekawa wrote:
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 0.7.19
> > Severity: normal
> Hello Junichi.
> 
> > I see in apt_preferences(5) the following; but it looks abrupt and
> > it doesn't make sense. Is there something missing ?
> Yes, at least your point what is confusing or what is wrong in part you wrote.
> 

[snip]
       /etc/apt/preferences file described later, but not over specifically
       pinned packages. For example,

           apt-get install -t testing some-package

[I expected some blurb about what this example does]

[I expected some other blurb about what the next statement (which is
about something on /etc/apt/apt.conf) is about]

           APT::Default-Release "stable";

[The above statement does not correlate to the next sentence]

       If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following
       algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:


regards,
	junichi
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dancer@{netfort.gr.jp,debian.org}