Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
Hi, 2010/6/10 Gerfried Fuchs rho...@deb.at: The manpage apt_preferences(5) claims for a long while now already that pinning for codename is expected to work with n= - unfortunately that has no effect at all. So this isn't a wishlist but rather a quite unfortunate bug. :/ Could you provide a non-working example please? It was more or less the first thing i did in APT and should be working since 0.7.21 (released on 29 Jun 2009). The bug looks like an unmerged duplicate of #97564 which was closed with this upload… At least the following works: Package: * Pin: release n=sid Pin-Priority: 300 Pin: release sid will also work - but a=sid not as a= stands for archive, so make sure to use the right release string. Make also sure that the archive you want to pin actually provides these values - you can find that out with apt-cache policy (yes, without a parameter). Best regards, David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
severity 433624 normal thanks Hi! * Marc Haber mh+debian-b...@zugschlus.de [2007-07-18 12:03:11 CEST]: Please allow pinning for suite and codename fields in Release files. But this does not work for lenny and sid, since their release files do not have a Version: field. To pin lenny and sid, I would need to pin for Suite and/or Codename, which does not seem to be possible as documented in apt_preferences(5). The manpage apt_preferences(5) claims for a long while now already that pinning for codename is expected to work with n= - unfortunately that has no effect at all. So this isn't a wishlist but rather a quite unfortunate bug. :/ Thanks, Rhonda -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
Hi! * David Kalnischkies kalnischkies+deb...@gmail.com [2010-06-10 21:47:49 CEST]: 2010/6/10 Gerfried Fuchs rho...@deb.at: The manpage apt_preferences(5) claims for a long while now already that pinning for codename is expected to work with n= - unfortunately that has no effect at all. So this isn't a wishlist but rather a quite unfortunate bug. :/ Could you provide a non-working example please? Package: * Pin: release n=squeeze Pin-Priority: 300 It was more or less the first thing i did in APT and should be working since 0.7.21 (released on 29 Jun 2009). The bug looks like an unmerged duplicate of #97564 which was closed with this upload… Ah, and lenny has 0.7.20.2+lenny1 - I tested there with the above statement. Given my different workflows for my QA work and development I can't quickly put in different sources.list entry on my laptop currently to test wether this is really fixed in the squeeze version, I have to take your word for it. At least the following works: Package: * Pin: release n=sid Pin-Priority: 300 Pin: release sid will also work - but a=sid not as a= stands for archive, so make sure to use the right release string. Make also sure that the archive you want to pin actually provides these values - you can find that out with apt-cache policy (yes, without a parameter). Right, stable apt doesn't show n= in its apt-cache policy output, squeeze's apt does, so I guess this bugreport could get closed with the squeeze version latest, 0.7.21 probably also does it. Thanks, Rhonda -- most users choose convenience over security, and that's reflected in the choice of the current default Hin-Tak Leung -- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339#c7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
I second this request. It would be very useful for early adopters of an almost-finished release. Regards, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007, Marc Haber wrote: This is the Release file header for etch (http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de/debian/dists/etch/Release): Origin: Debian Label: Debian Suite: stable Version: 4.0r0 Codename: etch To pin lenny and sid, I would need to pin for Suite and/or Codename, which does not seem to be possible as documented in apt_preferences(5). I think you can at least pin suite with a=: a=testing Last time I looked: v= to match the Version header o= to match the Origin header a= to match the Archive / Suite header l= to match the Label header c= to match the Component header -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
Loïc Minier wrote: I think you can at least pin suite with a=: a=testing But that's not what we want since then we will suddenly be tracking squeeze when lenny is released (or squeeze+1 when squeeze is released or whatever). That might be fine on a single desktop machine but it doesn't scale well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
On Tue, Dec 23, 2008, Michael Goetze wrote: I think you can at least pin suite with a=: a=testing But that's not what we want since then we will suddenly be tracking squeeze when lenny is released (or squeeze+1 when squeeze is released or whatever). That might be fine on a single desktop machine but it doesn't scale well. The request was about pinning suite and codename; I replied to the suite part. -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#433624: apt: please allow release pinning for suite and codename fields
Package: apt Version: 0.7.3 Severity: wishlist Please allow pinning for suite and codename fields in Release files. This is the Release file header for etch (http://debian.debian.zugschlus.de/debian/dists/etch/Release): Origin: Debian Label: Debian Suite: stable Version: 4.0r0 Codename: etch When I want to pin etch, I can pin for Version. But this does not work for lenny and sid, since their release files do not have a Version: field. To pin lenny and sid, I would need to pin for Suite and/or Codename, which does not seem to be possible as documented in apt_preferences(5). Please add this possibility. Greetings Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
