Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.8 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/apt-get apt-get used to allow specifying tags with "-t" which are not release names, but are tags found in a release file, as supported by the priority engine and /etc/apt/preferences.
For instance, apt-get install t="o=Debian Mozilla Team" lets me choose packages from the current Iceweasel backports, or -t "o=Wine Sid Repository" for the upstream wine repository. This no longer works in testing. The message emitted is E: The value 'o=Wine Sid Repository' is invalid for APT::Default-Release as such a release is not available in the sources I guess therefore that this loss of functionality is a side-effect of the fix for #407511 which limits -t to actual Debian release names. It was very useful to be able to effectively override any pin in this manner. If the functionality can't be restored to -t, please can some other option be added to allow the policy overrides mentioned in apt-get's man page ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
