[Bug 508545] Re: Aptitude ignores /etc/apt/preferences.d/*

[Rolf Leggewie]

Nikolaus, I'm the one driving progress in this bug for the last few
days.  Without my work you'd still be twiddling your thumbs, my friend.
And making sure an SRU is indeed warranted is not spamming.  So, how
about a little appreciation from your side for other people fixing YOUR
problem?  If you feel spammed, there's always the option for you to
unsubscribe from your very own ticket.

@Wesley, point taken. Thank you.

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Title:
  Aptitude ignores /etc/apt/preferences.d/*

Status in aptitude:
  Fix Released
Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “aptitude” source package in Lucid:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: aptitude

  Aptitude honors pinning settings in /etc/apt/preferences, but ignores
  any settings in /etc/apt/preferences.d/*.

  To reproduce, add

   deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic
  main

  to your sources list and and entry of the form

    Package: *
    Pin: release o=LP-PPA-ubuntu-mozilla-daily
    Pin-Priority: 101

  to the preferences file and observe that aptitude will try to upgrade
  firefox if the setting is in /etc/apt/preferences.d/, and (correctly)
  stick with the karmic version of the setting is made in
  /etc/apt/preferences.

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