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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-02-17 22:09:02 +0100
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-02-17 22:09:02 +0100
commita1af1f3b1b7700d1108ee7648bce7b9d2c2c506b (patch)
tree21c34f78c4f0fa82aef4fc175c3deaf4c967bcdc /doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
parentf1a5db64ad03910c2a401af8baa80fe2354beaa7 (diff)
* doc/apt_preferences.5.xml:
- explicitly warn against careless use (Closes: #567669)
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diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
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+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>04 May 2009</date>
+ <date>16 February 2010</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
@@ -53,6 +53,14 @@ earliest in the &sources-list; file.
The APT preferences file does not affect the choice of instance, only
the choice of version.</para>
+<para>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.</para>
+
<para>Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename>
directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the
following naming convention: The files have no or "<literal>pref</literal>"