Debian version and apt.conf (was Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it)

From: Marty (martyb_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: 06/10/05

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    Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:39:02 -0400
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org

    Clive Menzies wrote:
    > On (10/06/05 13:13), Marty wrote:

    >> This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking an apt.conf
    >> file.
    >> I wonder how apt can function without it? In particular, how do you specify
    >> your Debian version?!
    >>
    > I think it's mainly for situations where you have multiple versions in
    > your sources.list and need to specify which is preferred. If you only
    > have one version in the list thene it is superfluous.

    I still don't understand where apt gets the Debian version. If it infers
    it from the repository name then pointing to the wrong repository would
    mean disaster, but I've never seen that. My guess would be the
    /etc/debian_version file, but it mildly freaks me out that I never knew
    it before now. 

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