I am attempting to set up apt_preferences to pin priorities on the basis of the name of a release rather than on the basis of (stable|testing|unstable). I tried a line :
Pin: release a=etch but this is ignored by aptitude. I can set the priority of testing with a line : Pin: release a=testing I've looked at the contents of several release files, and see that in these files the stable/testing/unstable value is in the 'Suite:' field. In man apt_preferences, this is called the Archive, not the Suite. This, I think, explains the use of 'a=' in the above config string. What I have been calling the release name is found in the 'Codename:' field. I see in man apt_preferences mention of selecting a specific release on the basis of origin, with 'o=', version with 'v=', and label with 'l='. Is there a similar way of pinning on the contents of the Codename: field? The string 'c=' won't work because it is already in use to select the 'component', i.e., main/contrib/non-free. The string 'v=' won't work because there is no version# assigned to testing or unstable. Any ideas? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
