2009/12/29 Uwe Storbeck <u...@ibr.ch>: >> But it's not clear whether it's normal that most primary mirrors >> use this tag and not Suite for section-specific Release files. > > Maybe because the apt_preferences manpage still only mentions the > 'Archive:' line? The current unstable version has the following line man> the Archive: or Suite: line (seems to be incorrect as only Suite is parsed, see below)
But even in older version the paragraph above this should mention: man> The Release file is normally found in the directory .../dists/dist-name So we should look at this release file instead: http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile/dists/lenny/volatile/Release release> Origin: volatile.debian.org release> Label: debian-volatile release> Suite: stable release> Codename: lenny (The releasefiles we looked at before aren't even downloaded by apt.) And for this release file the apt policy is correct: 500 http://volatile.debian.org lenny/volatile/main Packages release o=volatile.debian.org,a=stable,n=lenny,l=debian-volatile,c=main origin volatile.debian.org (same for volatile-sloppy, expect Pinning 1 so If i would be the archive admin i would change at least the label for ~sloppy) > This worked up to apt version 0.5 but obviously does not work > anymore since apt version 0.6. The "offending" change is hidden in revision 1327.1.25 as it changes in deblistparser.cc "Archive" to "Suite". The revision itself is unfortunately one of the more obscure ones as it is an old converted arch-merge (from 2004-12-13 btw), so i can't say much more about the change, but i suspect it was changed by request of a "higher authority", as you could argue that "Archive" is a term standing for a whole archive (e.g. volatile.debian.org ) while "Suite" is a special combination of packages and versions in the archive (e.g. stable, unstable, ...). >> OK, it looks like this bug may not be an APT bug. > At least it's an inconsistency between apt and it's > documentation. So either apt or the documentation should be > fixed. So dropping the "Archive:" in favor of "Suite:" is what you suggest to fix it? Merry post-Christmas and a happy New Year! David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
