Package: apt-utils Version: 0.9.7.9 Followup-For: Bug #438999 Similar strange behaviour with "linux" package, on a stable distribution with unstable pinned to -10.
apt-get source linux --> gets linux-3.9 from unstable (understandable, although doesn’t honor pinning) apt-get source linux/wheezy --> gets linux-3.9 from unstable (not what a user would expect) apt-get source linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 --> gets linux-3.9 from unstable (also not what a user would expect) apt-get source linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64/wheezy --> gets linux-3.2 from wheezy (expected) My /etc/apt/preferences : Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: -10 my /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt-utils depends on: ii libapt-inst1.5 0.9.7.9 ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.7.9 ii libc6 2.13-38 ii libdb5.1 5.1.29-5 ii libgcc1 1:4.7.2-5 ii libstdc++6 4.7.2-5 apt-utils recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt-utils suggests: ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

