Bug#567669: fixed in apt 0.7.26~exp1 but there were typo
Hi Osamu Aoki,
2010/2/20 Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>:
> Hi, thanks but I find typos in your fix. I see you changed texts from
> my patch. This is fine but typos are not :-)
mhh. I really thought i had written a mail before… strange.
Anyway: I changed the text a bit as the paragraph sounds a bit
to scary: Pinning itself can't effect system stability - It causes
uninstallable packages or strange choices while upgrading, but
your system will not be broken in the "broken-package-state"-sense.
More personal reason: I don't like the term "unstable" as it has way
to many meanings… (A debian unstable system isn't unstable, only
the unstable archive is unstable [= dependencies tend to be broken]).
The other point is that i consider a not strong enough version dependency
already as an important bug as you will always have at some point a mixed
system - maybe only in between the apt-get dist-upgrade (or similar) run,
but even in this stage all configured packages should work…
It is out of scope for the apt_preferences manpage to indicate that a package
from unstable maybe has more bugs than one from stable -- but it is absolutely
possible that wrong pinning of stable in a testing environment will cause
similar problems to the reversed environment setup…
> The upcoming apt_preferences(5) manpage (e.g.: apt_0.7.26~exp2_i386.deb) states:
>
> Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator
> but they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care!
> APT will not questioning the preferences so wrong settings will
> therefore lead to uninstallable packages or wrong decisions while
> upgrading packages. Even more problems will arise if multiply
> distribution releases are mixed without a good understanding of the
> following paragraphs. You have been warned.
>
> I think you need to run
> s/questioning/question/
> s/multiply/multiple/
Sorry, i am an idiot, will be corrected for unstable.
> on apt_preferences.5.xml to meke these understandable.
s/meke/make/ ;)
More suggestions welcomed to improve it further. I tend to use the
wrong words and i have the "mad-typist"-superpower. q.e.d. ;)
Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
David Kalnischkies
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