Bug#153661: Pinning by codename

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 01:57:21PM +0200, Nico Schottelius wrote: > Hello Andrei, hello bugtracker! > > Is it possible, that the problem is still existent in lenny and the > attached patch never made it into apt? Seems like it. > If so, would it be possible to apply it and fix apt, so > >

Bug#153661: Pinning by codename

Hello Andrei, hello bugtracker! Is it possible, that the problem is still existent in lenny and the attached patch never made it into apt? If so, would it be possible to apply it and fix apt, so APT::Default-Release "lenny"; would be possible? Sincerly, Nico -- Think about Free and Open

Bug#153661: Pinning by codename

reassign 153661 apt tag 153661 + patch thanks The fact that apt doesn't support pinning by codename is a missing feature in apt, as the field is available in the Release file. I've created a patch that adds pinning by codename with n= It probably requires an ABI bump. diff -urN apt-0.6.46.4/ap