Such a bug does not exist, and to my knowledge never existed. As we can see in the following example, the pin of 9999 is respected correctly.
(natty)root@jak-thinkpad:/home/jak# cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/sudo Package: sudo Pin: version 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7 Pin-Priority: 9999 (natty)root@jak-thinkpad:/home/jak# apt-cache policy sudo sudo: Installed: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu6 Candidate: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7 Package pin: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7 Version table: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7 9999 500 http://localhost/ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages *** 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu6 9999 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Such a bug does not exist, and to my knowledge never existed. As we can
see in the following example, the pin of 9999 is respected correctly.
(natty) root@jak- thinkpad: /home/jak# cat /etc/apt/ preferences. d/sudo root@jak- thinkpad: /home/jak# apt-cache policy sudo 7.4p4-5ubuntu7 9999 localhost/ ubuntu/ natty/main amd64 Packages dpkg/status
Package: sudo
Pin: version 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7
Pin-Priority: 9999
(natty)
sudo:
Installed: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu6
Candidate: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7
Package pin: 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7
Version table:
1.
500 http://
*** 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu6 9999
100 /var/lib/