Hi I was looking at source code of apt:
apt-0.7.25.3ubuntu5/apt-pkg/policy.cc (line 283) vector<string> const List = GetListOfFilesInDir(Dir, "pref", true, true); Second argument of GetListOfFilesInDir is extension filenames (defined in apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc) preferences.d/* files must have .pref extension, example /etc/apt/preferences.d/local-pin.pref -- Aptitude ignores preferences.d/* https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508545 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs