Debian Bug report logs - #216682
apt_preferences.5 needs clarification on the syntax

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#216682: apt/preferences: need for pinning a given (set of) package per release,
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From: Matt Zimmerman <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: Bug#216682: apt/preferences: need for pinning a given (set of) package per release
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On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 03:45:34PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:

> Currently, as documented in the sid manpage, one can only pin a single
> package per "version", or all packages (via "*") per "release".
> 
> It would be useful to pin a single package per "release" as well, since:
> 
> 1. one possibly does not want to bother what the package version is
> 
> 2. pinning a version uwing a wildcard may not be adequate, as
> examplified by the openssh major upgrade during the potato
> maintainance cycle

The man page does not say this; that's just what the two examples look like.
Pinning a single package by release works fine.

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