> This is a feature, so you can pin a release (like backports) to a low value, but raise it easily if you need to.
I know, except in this case it actually _lowers_ the value. > It is also explicitly documented in the apt_preferences manpage, which also mentions a "workaround": Note that this [= the target release setting] has precedence over any general priority you set in the /etc/apt/preferences file described later, but not over specifically pinned packages. Ok, but specifically naming all packages I want to pin is very inconvenient if I want it to apply to all packages in that PPA. It seems to me you simply dismissed my report without trying to understand my use case. If this is indeed "a feature", imho it's problematic and should be discussed. Is there any good reason why the target release setting should lower the priority of a package? The intuitive thing would be that the priority never gets set below the manually specified value. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1565782 Title: APT doesn't respect pin-priority when using APT::Default-Release option To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1565782/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
