Bug#216688: apt/preferences: pinning package to non-automatic priority does not appear to work
Control: tag -1 pending
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:29:38PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.4
> Severity: normal
>
> I have a sources.list pointing to woody and potato, with a
> Default-Release of "3.0*". This is because we still need some
> packages from potato that were dropped from woody.
>
> But I don't want those packages that were essential in potato, and are
> not essential in woody any more (ldso and update), so I try to prevent
> them from being installed using preferences, like:
>
> | Package: ldso
> | Pin: version 1.9.11-15
> | Pin-Priority: 2
>
> The pin is reflected in the policy output near *every* version,
> whatever that means, but the priority listed for the sources does not
> get changed:
>
> | # apt-cache policy ldso
> | ldso:
> | Installed: (none)
> | Candidate: 1.9.11-15
> | Package Pin: 1.9.11-15
> | Version Table:
> | 1.9.11-15 2
> | 990 http://debian-mirror.alcove-fr woody/main Packages
> | 1.9.11-9 2
> | 500 http://debian-mirror.alcove-fr potato/main Packages
>
This is fixed in git, and will likely be part of the next release
in experimental. For example,
gcc-5-powerpc-linux-gnu:
Installiert: (keine)
Installationskandidat: 5.1.1-13cross1
Paket-Pinning: 5.2.1-13cross1
Versionstabelle:
5.2.1-13cross1 2
900 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
5.1.1-13cross1 500
500 http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
with 5.2.1-13cross1 pinned to 2.
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