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454080: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=454080
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1
Severity: important
Hello,
After spending SEVERAL hours trying to figure out how pinning a package works,
I found that apt is completely buggy regarding package pinning.
The documentation at apt_preferences(5) or apt howto or wherever you look is
absolutely confusing and incorrect.
That's when I found this article:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~carlo17/howto/debian.html
Explaining all the mess APT does. Please look at the errata section. The author
had to debug APTs code to find ouot how it works. Glad I didn't lost my time
doing that.
I just hope that package pinning gets fixed to work accoording to (a new
re-written) manual. Today, one is unable to pin-priority a single package from
a repository, only a full repository / section.
This one is quite OLD, I really hope it gets fixed to the next Debian release.
Thank you.
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::Cache-Limit "141943904";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/sbin/localepurge ] && [ $(ps w -p $PPID |
grep -c remove) != 1 ]; then /usr/sbin/localepurge; else exit 0; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release o=winehq
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 990
Package: *
Pin: release o=Backports.org archive
Pin-Priority: 400
Package: broffice.org
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: fuse-utils
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: ia32-sun-java6-bin
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: ia32-sun-java6-plugin
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libfuse2
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libfuse-dev
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libmythes-dev
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libntfs-3g2
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libntfs-3g-dev
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libpda-pilot-perl
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libpisock9
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libpisock-dev
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: libpisync0
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: mozilla-openoffice.org
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: ntfs-3g
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-base
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-calc
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-common
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-core
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-l10n-za
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-l10n-zh-cn
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-math
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-officebean
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-qa-api-tests
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-qa-tools
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-style-andromeda
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: openoffice.org-style-crystal
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: pilot-link
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: python-pisock
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: python-uno
Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin: release a=etch-backports
Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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Pin-Priority: 991
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-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
###############################################################################
# Debian GNU/Linux #
###############################################################################
##
## Stable
##
# Released distribution
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
# Security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
# Volatile packages
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile stable/volatile main contrib
non-free
deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile stable/volatile main contrib
non-free
##
## Testing
##
# Unreleased distribution
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# Security updates
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
##
## Unstable
##
# Unstable packages
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
##
## Experimental
##
# Experimental packages
deb http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
-- System Information:
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (300, 'testing'), (200, 'unstable'), (100,
'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-2-k7
Locale: LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=pt_BR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31~etch1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Hi,
I am sorry that you had such a bad experience with pinning in the past.
Unfortunately your report lacks specific details on what exactly went wrong
and as we gradually improve all part of APT and its documentation I would
recommend that you try it again. I will close this bugreport in the meantime
as such a "metabug" has no way to verificate it is indeed fixed or not and
therefore either collects a lot of dust as information are lacking to work on.
If you still experience problems feel free to report your specific problems so
we can work on fixing them. For help and pro-hints on preferences feel free
to contact your debian-user mailinglist.
Best regards
David Kalnischkies
--- End Message ---
