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If I recall correctly, it happened with both, apt-get and aptitude.

Torsten Spindler <[email protected]> wrote:

>Can you remember if it failed with aptitude, not apt? I think there is
>a
>pending bug on preferences.d support for aptitude.
>
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>Title:
>  /etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/* are ignored.
>
>Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
>  Incomplete
>
>Bug description:
>  Apt pinning is not possible, because /etc/apt/preferences and
>  /etc/apt/preferences.d/* files are ignored.
>
> I know that they are ignored, because I made syntax error (after I had
> set up pinnings on both computers and noticed that they didn'' work on
>  Ubuntu) in that file with two computers running different
>  distribution. Debian gave error, Ubuntu didn't do anything.
>
>  Apt pinning with these files is referred from wiki pages and man
>  pages.
>
>  I am using Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package version is 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13
>  % apt-get --version
>apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13 laitealustalle i386 käännöksen päiväys Oct  6
>2011 15:25:29
>  Tuetut moduulit:
>  *Ver: Standard .deb
>  *Pkg:  Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
>   Pkg:  Debian APT solver interface (Priority -1000)
>   S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree
>   S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree
>   Idx: Debian Source Index
>   Idx: Debian Package Index
>   Idx: Debian Translation Index
>   Idx: Debian dpkg status file
>   Idx: EDSP scenario file
>
>  I expected packages to get pinned.
>
>  What happened instead: apt just ignored /etc/apt/preferences and
>  /etc/apt/preferences.d/
>
>  Steps to reproduce:
>1. Write anything to /etc/apt/preferences or some file in
>/etc/apt/preferences.d/
>  2. That file is ignored in Ubuntu (with Debian you get error).
>
>  ProblemType: Bug
>  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13
>  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
>  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
>  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
>  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
>  Architecture: i386
>  Date: Thu Nov 17 18:20:44 2011
>InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
>(20110427.1)
>  SourcePackage: apt
>  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-09 (39 days ago)
>
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Mika Suomalainen
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