"""
Note that the files in the /etc/apt/preferences.d directory are parsed
in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the following naming
convention: The files have either no or "pref" as filename extension
and only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period
(.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a
file, unless that file matches a pattern in the
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently configuration list - in which case it will
be silently ignored.
"""
this appears to be well defined behavior. filenames MUST adhere to the
above. will close this bug out.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Invalid
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Importance: Unknown => Undecided
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Status: Unknown => New
** Changed in: apt
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/891696
Title:
/etc/apt/preferences and /etc/apt/preferences.d/* are ignored.
Status in APT:
Invalid
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
Apt pinning is not possible, because /etc/apt/preferences and
/etc/apt/preferences.d/* files are ignored.
I know that they are ignored, because I made syntax error (after I had
set up pinnings on both computers and noticed that they didn'' work on
Ubuntu) in that file with two computers running different
distribution. Debian gave error, Ubuntu didn't do anything.
Apt pinning with these files is referred from wiki pages and man
pages.
I am using Ubuntu 11.10
Package version is 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13
% apt-get --version
apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13 laitealustalle i386 käännöksen päiväys Oct 6 2011
15:25:29
Tuetut moduulit:
*Ver: Standard .deb
*Pkg: Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
Pkg: Debian APT solver interface (Priority -1000)
S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree
S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree
Idx: Debian Source Index
Idx: Debian Package Index
Idx: Debian Translation Index
Idx: Debian dpkg status file
Idx: EDSP scenario file
I expected packages to get pinned.
What happened instead: apt just ignored /etc/apt/preferences and
/etc/apt/preferences.d/
Steps to reproduce:
1. Write anything to /etc/apt/preferences or some file in
/etc/apt/preferences.d/
2. That file is ignored in Ubuntu (with Debian you get error).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 17 18:20:44 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-09 (39 days ago)
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