On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 06:19:47PM -0400, David Prévot wrote: > Le 12/03/2012 13:44, Wouter Verhelst a écrit : > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 01:56:17AM +0100, Carsten Hey wrote: > > >> […] how a possible mechanism to let users choose between "always prefer > >> free packages" and "follow the maintainer's recommendation, even it > >> a non-free package is preferred" could look like. > > > > That's easy: > > > > Package: * > > Pin: release c=non-free > > Pin-Priority: 1 > > > > in a file in /etc/apt/preferences.d/ > > Please, don't provide such advice: that won't allow a non-free package > to be updated automatically during a stable or security update.
No, that's not correct. If a package is already installed but a newever version is available, then this will be upgraded if the priority is 1. It just won't be selected for installation automatically. This is how experimental works: packages in experimental have priority 1, so won't be installed automatically; but the will be upgraded if needs be. -- The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by the following formula: pi zz a -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
