Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields

[Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007, Marc Haber wrote:
> This is the Release file header for etch
> (http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de/debian/dists/etch/Release):
> Origin: Debian
> Label: Debian
> Suite: stable
> Version: 4.0r0
> Codename: etch
> 
>                               To pin lenny and sid, I would need to
> pin for Suite and/or Codename, which does not seem to be possible as
> documented in apt_preferences(5).

 I think you can at least pin suite with a=:
a=testing

Last time I looked:
v= to match the Version header
o= to match the Origin header
a= to match the Archive / Suite header
l= to match the Label header
c= to match the Component header

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Loïc Minier