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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2008-10-10 23:03:50 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2008-10-10 23:03:50 +0200
commitc9d62df7accc468482f9b91edcbbbd7f41bba707 (patch)
treed149b7db33842859d7f91615c07b03a8df6e512e /doc/apt-get.8.xml
parent12f894a435b5c6766835be434be41734e1ee631c (diff)
parent5b42c812e5f689206f5e3ad4196f17c97ca34415 (diff)
* doc/apt-cache.8.xml:
- search command uses POSIX regex, and searches for virtual packages too (closes: #277536) * doc/offline.sgml: clarify remote and target hosts (thanks to Nikolaus Schulz, closes: #175940) * Fix several typos in docs, translations and debian/changelog (thanks to timeless, Nicolas Bonifas and Josh Triplett, closes: #368665, #298821, #411532, #431636, #461458) * Document apt-key finger and adv commands (thanks to Stefan Schmidt, closes: #350575) * Better documentation for apt-get --option (thanks to Tomas Pospisek, closes: #386579) * Retitle the apt-mark.8 manpage (thanks to Justin Pryzby, closes: #471276) * Better documentation on using both APT::Default-Release and /etc/apt/preferences (thanks to Ingo Saitz, closes: #145575) * fix FTBFS by changing build-depends to * ABI library name change because it's built against * Package that contains all the new features * Branch that contains all the new features:
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<term><option>--target-release</option></term>
<term><option>--default-release</option></term>
<listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
- a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. The
- preferences file may further override this setting. In short, this option
+ a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
+ This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
+ Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
+ of this option. In short, this option
lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
retrieved from. Some common examples might be
<option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.