From 37049546fc18d93f4387917bc9b8181e8adeb3fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 18:55:18 +0100 Subject: * doc/apt_preferences.5.xml: - fix two typos and be more verbose in the novice warning. Thanks to Osamu Aoki for pointing it out! (Closes: #567669) --- doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/apt_preferences.5.xml') diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index 3d7896226..e773ad144 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ 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. +Packages included in a specific release aren't tested in and +therefore doesn't always work as expected in older or newer releases or +together with other packages from different releases. You have been warned. Note that the files in the /etc/apt/preferences.d -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4a2bb9e60e942b6749c7dbb3763ddf0e3663d5f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:48:09 +0100 Subject: * doc/apt_preferences.5.xml: - fix a=sid vs. n=sid typo, thanks Ansgar Burchardt! --- doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/apt_preferences.5.xml') diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index e773ad144..c4f18d90a 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ Pin-Priority: 900 Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid Package: * -Pin: release a=sid +Pin: release n=sid Pin-Priority: 800 Package: * -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4fb6fdaf95de3db51ef386de7b494ed4c889bedc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:51:14 +0100 Subject: origin can be used to match a hostname (Closes: #352667) --- doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/apt_preferences.5.xml') diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index c4f18d90a..c927f327a 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -195,8 +195,15 @@ Pin: origin "" Pin-Priority: 999 -A note of caution: the keyword used here is "origin". -This should not be confused with the Origin of a distribution as +A note of caution: the keyword used here is "origin" +which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a high priority +to all versions available from the server identified by the hostname "ftp.de.debian.org" + +Package: * +Pin: origin "ftp.de.debian.org" +Pin-Priority: 999 + +This should not be confused with the Origin of a distribution as specified in a Release file. What follows the "Origin:" tag in a Release file is not an Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as "Debian" or "Ximian". -- cgit v1.2.3 From b569b4650c647c3aef5341c40d208a37211b57aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Kalnischkies Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:01:34 +0100 Subject: remove wrong pin-priority is optional remark (Closes: #574944) --- doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/apt_preferences.5.xml') diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index c927f327a..77b7776e8 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -476,10 +476,6 @@ distribution. Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or more lines beginning with the word Explanation:. This provides a place for comments. - -The Pin-Priority: line in each APT preferences record is -optional. If omitted, APT assigns a priority of 1 less than the last value -specified on a line beginning with Pin-Priority: release .... -- cgit v1.2.3