On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Sam TH wrote: > > > Well, I looked up that man page (which isn't mentioned by the > > > apt-get(8) man page (methinks a bug)). It refered to the file > > > /etc/apt/preferences, which doesn't exist on my system. I tried > > > pinning a package (apt-get install memprof/testing) and this didn't > > > create the file. It did look like that was the file I wanted from the > > > man page, though. > > > > I created the file from hints in mailing list posts. If the > > docs don't cover it, they will soon because Jason's going to > > get flooded with msgs about it. :-)
All the docs I intend to write are written. the apt_preferences man page explains everything. The command line options are *all temporary* and do not create pins. Jason
