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| author | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2008-10-07 20:41:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2008-10-07 20:41:41 +0200 |
| commit | 5b42c812e5f689206f5e3ad4196f17c97ca34415 (patch) | |
| tree | 8749ca58cad17257ec4a02c3050edbb3738f98f7 /doc/apt-get.8.xml | |
| parent | 2ee50e0af732ddd94222ca7cbb120341651b02f0 (diff) | |
| parent | 84f711aae1b79d149677791617db633b764e7f66 (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:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 329a46c51..2ea6ea1d4 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -371,8 +371,10 @@ <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>. |