Package: apt Version: 0.7.25.1 Severity: normal
I concur with Amit that the current behaviour is quite unintuitive and frustrating. In my case (using Sid) I've been able to avoid using the ``Default-Release`` altogether... -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- ## <XNX by="ivan" date="2010-01-24"> ## Vegeu `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99local-default-release`. deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free ## Vegeu `/etc/apt/preferences.d/99local-debian-multimedia`. deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sid main deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ sid main ##-deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.1 _Lenny_ - Official amd64 NETINST Binary-1 20090413-22:20]/ lenny main ##- ##-deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main ##-deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main ##- ##-deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main ##-deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main ##- ##-deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main ##-deb-src http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main ## </XNX> -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.10.2-5 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.4.3-1 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.3-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.6.1.5-1 terminal-based package manager (te ii bzip2 1.0.5-4 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.5.6 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.93 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii synaptic 0.63 Graphical package manager -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
