Bug#776337: apt: document how multiple contidions in apt_preferences can be combined

2015-01-26 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Also please have a look at bug #776341, which is why I think that the following should perhaps be clarified a bit more: - that multiple matches of the same field are not supported. e.g. release a=testing,a=unstable will neither have the effect of AND nor OR, it is simply "the last one wins" -

Bug#776337: apt: document how multiple contidions in apt_preferences can be combined

2015-01-26 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Source: apt Version: 1.0.9.6 Severity: wishlist Hi. Right now apt_preferences(5) doesn't really clearly explain how multiple conditions for pins can be combined (i.e. via logical AND). The manpage only gives some implicit documentation via specifiv examples, e.g. Pin: release a=stable, v=8 I