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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200
commitb53c9cea2902572822bbbece5bac236c1bbf846e (patch)
tree6c6b0524e0971c0623ccbff71383523ee0b2a5cc /doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
parent21248c0f00ee71412dbadc6ebf84011cf974346d (diff)
parent2a22cd60f04c4291ea9b9b72e15b6d2ec378b001 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/debian/experimental' into feature/srv-records
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt_preferences.5.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt_preferences.5.xml31
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index 16e6a7aa0..79132e007 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -115,14 +115,17 @@ from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as "N
<varlistentry>
<term>priority 500</term>
-<listitem><simpara>to the versions that are not installed and do not belong to the target release.</simpara></listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>to the versions that do not belong to the target release.</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>priority 990</term>
-<listitem><simpara>to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target release.</simpara></listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>to the versions that belong to the target release.</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
+
+The highest of those priorities whose description matches the version is assigned to the
+version.
</para>
<para>If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns
@@ -251,6 +254,11 @@ Pin-Priority: 500
</programlisting>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+
+The effect of the comma operator is similar to an "and" in logic: All
+conditions must be satisfied for the pin to match. There is one exception:
+For any type of condition (such as two "a" conditions), only the last such
+condition is checked.
</para>
</refsect2>
@@ -267,7 +275,7 @@ expression surrounded by slashes).
<programlisting>
Package: gnome* /kde/
-Pin: release n=experimental
+Pin: release a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 500
</programlisting>
@@ -339,14 +347,21 @@ only if there is no installed version of the package</simpara></listitem>
<term>P &lt; 0</term>
<listitem><simpara>prevents the version from being installed</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+<varlistentry>
+<term>P = 0</term>
+<listitem><simpara>has undefined behaviour, do not use it.</simpara></listitem>
+</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
-<para>If any specific-form records match an available package version then the
-first such record determines the priority of the package version.
-Failing that,
-if any general-form records match an available package version then the
-first such record determines the priority of the package version.</para>
+<para>
+The first specific-form record matching an available package version determines
+the priority of the package version.
+Failing that, the priority of the package is defined as the maximum of all
+priorities defined by generic-form records matching the version.
+Records defined using patterns in the Pin field other than "*" are treated like
+specific-form records.
+</para>
<para>For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three
records presented earlier:</para>