On Thu, Dec 28, 2006 at 01:12:29PM -0500, Greg Folkert wrote: > Hope that is enough of an explanation for you.
Just to make sure I didn't do anything wrong I will detail my steps: My setup: think:~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "unstable"; think:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.ro.debian.org/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib The output of 'apt-cache policy' shows priority 990 for sid, as it should: think:~# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/main Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org 990 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 990 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 990 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org Pinned packages: Let's see what happens if I chande 'unstable' to 'sid' think:~# sed -i -e s/unstable/sid/ /etc/apt/apt.conf think:~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "sid"; Now the priority for sid is 500 think:~# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/main Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org 500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org Pinned packages: Let's remove apt.conf to see if it makes any difference: think:~# rm /etc/apt/apt.conf rm: remove regular file `/etc/apt/apt.conf'? y The priority is still 500 think:~# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/main Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org 500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 500 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org Pinned packages: I'll put it back: think:~# echo 'APT::Default-Release "unstable";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf think:~# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf APT::Default-Release "unstable"; think:~# apt-cache policy Package files: 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status release a=now 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org experimental/main Packages release o=Debian,a=experimental,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org 990 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/contrib Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=contrib origin ftp.ro.debian.org 990 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/non-free Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=non-free origin ftp.ro.debian.org 990 http://ftp.ro.debian.org sid/main Packages release o=Debian,a=unstable,l=Debian,c=main origin ftp.ro.debian.org Pinned packages: think:~# Note: Through the whole test 'experimental' stayed at priority 1! Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
