Bug#998828: apt: man apt_preferences.d wrong definition of priorities
On Tue, 2021-11-09 at 15:28 +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > > Records defined > > using patterns in the Pin field other than "*" are treated like > > specific-form records. > [… vs …] > > Records defined > > using exactly "Package: *" are general-form, all the other are > > specific-form records. > > Aren't that two different ways of saying the same thing? > > Could you give an example where the existing definition of > priorities is wrong while yours is correct as per bug title? The current statment mention the "Pin" field, but I think it's the "Package" field. `Pin: *` isn't valid. Also the term "generic-form" is only used in this paragraf, while this kind of record is called "general form" or "general-form" everywhere else (if the "generic-form" is actualy equivalent to "general-form"… which I am not 100% sure). It's confusing. In fact, my proposition is maybe inaccurate ; to be safe it should be : The first specific-form record matching an available package version determines the priority of the package version. Failing that, the priority of the package is defined as the maximum of all priorities defined by general-form records matching the version. The difference between specific and general-form records are in section "The Effect of APT Preferences". -- Regards Maxime de Roucy
Bug#998828: apt: man apt_preferences.d wrong definition of priorities
Hi, On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 12:17:51PM +0100, maxime.dero...@gmail.com wrote: > Records defined > using patterns in the Pin field other than "*" are treated like > specific-form records. [… vs …] > Records defined > using exactly "Package: *" are general-form, all the other are > specific-form records. Aren't that two different ways of saying the same thing? Could you give an example where the existing definition of priorities is wrong while yours is correct as per bug title? Best regards David Kalnischkies signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#998828: apt: man apt_preferences.d wrong definition of priorities
Package: apt Version: 2.2.4 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, In `man apt_preferences.d` : > The first specific-form record matching an available package version determines the priority of the package version. Failing that, the priority of the package is defined as the maximum of all priorities defined by generic-form records matching the version. Records defined using patterns in the Pin field other than "*" are treated like specific-form records. >From what I found it should be : > The first specific-form record matching an available package version determines the priority of the package version. Failing that, the priority of the package is defined as the maximum of all priorities defined by general-form records matching the version. Records defined using exactly "Package: *" are general-form, all the other are specific-form records. -- Package-specific info: -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (no /etc/apt/preferences.d/* present) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- (no /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* present) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.14.16-arch1-1 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: unable to detect Versions of packages apt depends on: ii adduser 3.118 ii debian-archive-keyring 2021.1.1 ii gpgv2.2.27-2 ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.2.4 ii libc6 2.31-13 ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6 ii libgnutls30 3.7.1-5 ii libseccomp2 2.5.1-1 ii libstdc++6 10.2.1-6 ii libsystemd0 247.3-6 Versions of packages apt recommends: ii ca-certificates 20210119 Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig pn dpkg-dev pn gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1 pn powermgmt-base -- no debconf information
