X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/e3a1f08d41bf6ef6a42bbc6e5f8e20f7b4aa37a0..3205e1f3b0dc9310fe767aef23824d0deb7a26bf:/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 <command>apt-get</command> command line or in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. +Note that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the +<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not +over specifically pinned packages. For example, <programlisting> @@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "<literal>unstable</literal> <programlisting> Package: * Pin: release a=unstable -Pin-Priority: 500 +Pin-Priority: 50 </programlisting> <simpara>The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions