Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 05:39, Lloyd Zusman wrote: >> Is there a way to comment out lines in /etc/apt/preferences? I tried >> various comment characters, but none worked. I couldn't find anything >> about this in the documentation. > > The hash (#) always works for me...
But the hash doesn't work for me on /etc/apt/preferences ... # cat /etc/apt/preferences Package: mplayer* Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 700 #Package: ruby* #Pin: release a=unstable #Pin-Priority: 700 Package: * Pin: release a=testing Pin-Priority: 650 Package: * Pin: release a=unstable Pin-Priority: 600 # apt-get update ... normal `apt-get update' output, followed by: E: Invalid record in the preferences file, no Package header If I remove the hashes before lines in the "ruby*" section, I no longer get that error. This seems to imply that the hash mark is not considered to be a proper comment character in /etc/apt/preferences. -- Lloyd Zusman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
