APT Pinning issues.

[Danilo Piazzalunga]

Scott Robinson wrote:
> I'm having issues pinning the Ubuntu archives. It seems the component
> tags don't exist. When I specify, for example:
> 
> Package: *
> Pin: release c=universe
> Pin-Priority: 100
> 
> No changes occur in my policy. (as found from apt-cache policy)
> Furthermore, that policy list shows no indication of there being a
> component tag on each section of the archive.

I've tried it myself too, and pinning by component is not working. You'd
better file a bug against apt.

Anyway, what are you trying to accomplish? Different components don't overlap,
there's no need to choose between them.

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