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| author | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2010-05-13 17:58:35 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2010-05-13 17:58:35 +0200 |
| commit | 10df254bd756cea401e2564d465bbb4a99ee8e9e (patch) | |
| tree | 152c2c558524a07c1c417d89b9a2fcb58f6705ad | |
| parent | e1dd65c9f1274621142a20148f23dbd074ac33af (diff) | |
add "NotAutomatic: yes" handling, thanks Osamu Aoki (Closes: #490347)
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 0902e79c8..2ad9fbdd2 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ apt (0.7.26~exp5) UNRELEASED; urgency=low - use stable-codename instead of stable in the examples (Closes: #531492) * doc/apt_preferences.5.xml: - adapt some examples here to use current codenames as well + - add "NotAutomatic: yes" handling, thanks Osamu Aoki (Closes: #490347) [ Jari Aalto ] * debian/rules: diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index 5f8f9fded..abcf56744 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign: <variablelist> <varlistentry> +<term>priority 1</term> +<listitem><simpara>to the versions coming from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> +files are marked as "NotAutomatic: yes" like the debian experimental archive.</simpara></listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry> <term>priority 100</term> <listitem><simpara>to the version that is already installed (if any).</simpara></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -116,7 +122,9 @@ algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign: <para>If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all -uninstalled package versions.</para> +uninstalled package versions, expect versions coming from archives which +in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as "NotAutomatic: yes" - +these versions get the priority 1.</para> <para>APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to determine which version of a package to install. |