[Bug 565364] Re: pinning a specific package does not work

[Julian Andres Klode]

No, it does not. The pin value displayed after the version does not
actually correspond to the version, but is the pin value of the
candidate version. This is confusing, yes, we might want to change this
in a future release.

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Title:
  pinning a specific package does not work

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “apt” package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: apt

  "Package: *" in /etc/apt/preferences works for pinning as expected.
  "Package: nano" should work, but currently does not.  This is already
  known in Debian (c.f. http://bugs.debian.org/317186).  Setting this
  ticket to confirmed.

  Specifying only part of the package name is currently unsupported.
  There is an RFE ticket in Debian to include support for this:
  http://bugs.debian.org/121132 which is tracked in LP bug 399474

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