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| author | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2015-08-12 20:46:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2015-08-12 20:51:08 +0200 |
| commit | 85b9b32933eaeda6119d7a0224b5070ab8230c6b (patch) | |
| tree | 02bad5f7147140bcf9d756175308e610e4240e7e /doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | |
| parent | 809aa216c630f1cc61b0c3b9d992d4a3be14be3c (diff) | |
apt_preferences(5): Re-document how priorities are calculated
The old text did not match either the old or the new implementation,
so let's rewrite it to explain the new implementation.
Closes: #554773
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt_preferences.5.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 13 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index 5703203b0..81e0bd220 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -346,11 +346,14 @@ only if there is no installed version of the package</simpara></listitem> </variablelist> </para> -<para>If any specific-form records match an available package version then the -first such record determines the priority of the package version. -Failing that, -if any general-form records match an available package version then the -first such record determines the priority of the package version.</para> +<para> +The first specific-form record matching an available package version determines +the priority of the package version. +Failing that, the priority of the package is defined as the maximum of all +priorities defined by generic-form records matching the version. +Records defined using patterns in the Pin field other than "*" are treated like +specific-form records. +</para> <para>For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records presented earlier:</para> |