Package: apt
Version: 0.8.11.5
Severity: wishlist
SOURCES.LIST(5):
It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most
preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by
speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local
network, followed by distant Internet hosts, for example).
Some examples:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
Lies! Proof: apt-cache policy openoffice.org shows a different order,
and then a even different order when given no package argument.
Therefore several things are messed up or not documented on that page.
cd /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
cat *.list; apt-cache policy openoffice.org; apt-cache policy
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
openoffice.org:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 1:3.3.0-6
Version table:
1:3.3.0-6 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
1:3.2.1-11+squeeze2 0
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages
Package files:
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
release a=now
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=non-free
origin ftp.us.debian.org
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=contrib
origin ftp.us.debian.org
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=unstable,n=sid,l=Debian,c=main
origin ftp.us.debian.org
1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=non-free
origin ftp.us.debian.org
1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=contrib
origin ftp.us.debian.org
1 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=experimental,n=experimental,l=Debian,c=main
origin ftp.us.debian.org
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/non-free i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=non-free
origin ftp.us.debian.org
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/contrib i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=contrib
origin ftp.us.debian.org
500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing/main i386 Packages
release o=Debian,a=testing,n=wheezy,l=Debian,c=main
origin ftp.us.debian.org
Pinned packages:
Also APT-CACHE(8):
policy [ pkg(s) ]
policy is meant to help debug issues relating to the preferences
file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each
source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the
priority selection of the named package.
should give more details about why the two's orders might be different.
Also it is a mystery about how plain "apt-cache policy" sorts its
output!
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