- adapt to new gnumach kernel package naming (Closes: #619337)
* doc/apt_preferences.5.xml:
- correct typo spotted by Charles Plessy (Closes: #619088)
+ - document ButAutomaticUpgrades together with NotAutomatic
+ as suggested by Charles Plessy (Closes: #619083)
- -- David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:08:23 +0100
+ -- David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:19:33 +0100
apt (0.8.13) unstable; urgency=low
<varlistentry>
<term>priority 1</term>
<listitem><simpara>to the versions coming from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename>
-files are marked as "NotAutomatic: yes" like the debian experimental archive.</simpara></listitem>
+files are marked as "NotAutomatic: yes" but <emphasis>not</emphasis> as "ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes"
+like the debian <literal>experimental</literal> archive.</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>priority 100</term>
-<listitem><simpara>to the version that is already installed (if any).</simpara></listitem>
+<listitem><simpara>to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming
+from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as "NotAutomatic: yes" and
+"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes" like the debian backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>.
+</simpara></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all
uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which
in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as "NotAutomatic: yes" -
-these versions get the priority 1.</para>
+these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally marked
+as "ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes".</para>
<para>APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence,
to determine which version of a package to install.