Bug#544017: apt: [man] document use of /etc/apt/preferences.d/ directory

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 01:57:31PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) writes:
> 
> [repost for BTS]
> 
> David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Version: 0.7.22
> >
> > Hi Jari Aalto,
> >
> > first of all: thanks for your report!
> >
> >> Please add pinning configuration possiblity via separate files
> >
> > reading the debian/changelog for version 0.7.22 says:
> > [...]
> >   [ Julian Andres Klode ]
> > [...]
> >   * Support /etc/apt/preferences.d, by adding ReadPinDir() (Closes: #535512)
> > [...]
> >
> > So, if your version information is correct you should already have such a
> > directory and it should work as you requested it here. :)
> 
> That's good news.
> 
> Please update also the documentation, if I'm not mistaken to find it [1]:
> 
>     $ zgrep -i 'preferences\.d' /usr/share/man/man*/apt*.gz
>     <nothing>
It's listed in /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/configure-index.gz, which is
referenced by apt.conf(5). 

Anyway, not all applications support it yet, e.g. those that call
ReadPinFile() but not ReadPinDir().

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Julian Andres Klode  - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member

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