diff options
| author | Luca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com> | 2008-10-03 20:41:16 +0200 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Luca Bruno <lethalman88@gmail.com> | 2008-10-03 20:41:16 +0200 |
| commit | 99fc3e085d83f14f983172fa6936b11a535df57e (patch) | |
| tree | a079a1365ff9b50a942462d60f6152d418a96731 /doc | |
| parent | 3d0927aeb5e4575c55b2ce6007c3e8def287c2ff (diff) | |
* Better documentation on using both APT::Default-Release and /etc/apt/preferences (closes: #145575)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 3 |
2 files changed, 7 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>. diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index c55bb4ee2..162c2f00e 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -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> |