X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/7810fc042d4d3dda6b2c721d09d3eb7eadc12e2d..bd3849e894a4e7623426bb3995cf2e814b08a561:/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index 3f8d4568d..162c2f00e 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ belongs. It is possible to single out a distribution, "the target release",
which receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default.
The target release can be set on the apt-get command
line or in the APT configuration file /etc/apt/apt.conf.
+Note that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the
+/etc/apt/preferences file described later, but not
+over specifically pinned packages.
For example,
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "unstable
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
-Pin-Priority: 500
+Pin-Priority: 50
The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions