X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/14c50b58e938cf78ce2d32d4ec39979f7575c543..51c4e07f4cba0615ff269b5a8d04dfd3d1313b00:/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index 5ea59bf9c..28b795d43 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -339,14 +339,21 @@ only if there is no installed version of the package P < 0 prevents the version from being installed + +P = 0 +has undefined behaviour, do not use it. + -If any specific-form records match an available package version then the -first such record determines the priority of the package version. -Failing that, -if any general-form records match an available package version then the -first such record determines the priority of the package version. + +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. + For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records presented earlier: