Thanks Martin! I second the whish and would be good if this can be solved and allow '#' as comment lines. This bug is bothering me since years...
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
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Tamay Dogan Network
Debian GNU/Linux Consultant
Am 2007-04-03 14:35:55, schrieb martin f krafft:
> The problem seems not to be # used for comments, but empty lines.
>
> If I do this:
>
> Package: *
> Pin: release o=madduck, release a=sid
> Pin-Priority: 50
>
> #Package: mdadm
> #Pin: release o=madduck, release a=sid
> #Pin-Priority: 600
>
> Package: mplayer
> Pin: origin www.debian-multimedia.org
> Pin-Priority: -1
>
> I get:
>
> E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header
>
> If I comment either of the empty lines, it works. Note that the
> problem only exists with a commented block, i.e. multiple empty
> lines in a row are otherwise okay.
>
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