X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/fb2894d268d4821e0dd4f2b803ff2043b1ec3162..6ce7261259132f11fc93af104754e8cfc540bf13:/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index ab0107d36..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 @@ -422,7 +425,7 @@ one or more lines beginning with the word Explanation:. This provides a place for comments. The Pin-Priority: line in each APT preferences record is -optional. If omitted, APT assigs a priority of 1 less than the last value +optional. If omitted, APT assigns a priority of 1 less than the last value specified on a line beginning with Pin-Priority: release ....