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--- docs:tips_n_tricks:ubuntu:pinning.html [12.02.2022 17:07 CET] – peter
+++ docs:tips_n_tricks:ubuntu:pinning.html [12.02.2022 19:04 CET] (current) – peter
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-====== Pinning ======
+====== APT Pinning ======
 {{entry>Ubuntu}}{{entry>Debian}}{{entry>apt}}{{entry>apt-preferences}}{{entry>apt-pinning}}
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 This will disable any automatic package installations from origins other then //Ubuntu// or //Canonical//.
-<note important>As soon as you have authenticated another repository, nothing prevents it to announce //Ubuntu// or //Canoncial// as origin. So this is a mere conveniance feature then a security measure.</note>
+<note important>As soon as you have authenticated another repository, nothing prevents it to announce //Ubuntu// or //Canoncial// as origin. So this is a mere conveniance feature rather than a security measure.</note>
-<note warning>It seems, repositories which don't set //Origin:// at all don't match ''o=*'', so they circumvent this method completely.((Probably there is a pattern, matching empty //Origin://, but I haven't found out yet.</note>
+<code text /etc/apt/preferences.d/ZZZ_paranoia.pref>
-<code text /etc/apt/preferences.d/paranoia.pref>
 Package: *
 Pin: release o=Ubuntu
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 Package: *
-Pin: release o=*
+Pin: origin *
 Pin-Priority: -10
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