On Fr, 2015-06-26 at 18:55 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: (...) > the rather terse "Debian" in the normal Debian archives. This leads to > pin lines like > > Pin: release n=sid-test-unstable, o=Mini-Buildd archive zg on > spinturn.zugschlus.de > > which is like asking for trouble in my opinion regarding the spaces in > the origin value. Do I need to quote the string?
No. You even must not. > Do I need to quote > the spaces? No. You even must not. > Will it work when the "o=" part is not last in the line? Yes. > Will it work when I use an additional space before the comma > separating the next pin item in the pin line? Yes ;). I cannot proof this with actual documentaion ;), but is has worked so for years and years: it seems apt splits the string on ",", and then removes leading and tailing whitespaces on the items. > All this could be avoided by using a much shorter default value for > Origin, or making the Origin configurable. As far as I understand the > new mini-buildd logic, this field should be part of the "distribution" > object inside mini-buildd's configuration. Agreed anyway (that this should be configurable). The default value needs to be more complicated, as we want to generate a different Origin by default for any mini-buildd instance. Hth, S -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
