On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 07:06, Lloyd Zusman wrote: > 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]
Leave a space between # and the line you're commenting out. -- Dale Hair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
