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authorLuca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>2008-10-03 20:41:16 +0200
committerLuca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com>2008-10-03 20:41:16 +0200
commit99fc3e085d83f14f983172fa6936b11a535df57e (patch)
treea079a1365ff9b50a942462d60f6152d418a96731 /doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
parent3d0927aeb5e4575c55b2ce6007c3e8def287c2ff (diff)
* Better documentation on using both APT::Default-Release and /etc/apt/preferences (closes: #145575)
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@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ belongs. It is possible to single out a distribution, "the target release",
which receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default.
The target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command
line or in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>.
+Note that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the
+<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not
+over specifically pinned packages.
For example,
<programlisting>