According to the first comment (bug #42178#bug-branches-container) I see synaptic was changed to use /var/lib/synaptic/preferences instead of the global preferences file /etc/apt/preferences to make it less confusing.
However, I think synaptic is actually much more confusing because of that change! It confsued me, and I wasted time trying to deal with it and filing bug #1166568. I agree with what Daniel Hartwig wrote in comment #27. I too would like to see the 2004 change reverted, so that synaptic uses the global preferences file in future. It seems better and more logical to do it that way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Title: apt-get doesn't use the same pinning as synaptic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/synaptic/+bug/42178/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
