[Aptitude-devel] Bug#137771: aptitude: holds should take effect in /var/lib/dpkg/status as well

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Control: tags -1 + pending


Hi Joey,

2002-03-11 01:23 Joey Hess:
>Package: aptitude
>Version: 0.2.10-1
>Severity: normal
>
>aptitude's holds arn't very useful, since they are ignored by dselect
>and apt both.

I committed a change so aptitude will now set selections back to dpkg.

dselect should use this information (although I don't know if you are
still using it after all of these years), and apt should have at least
"holds" into account -- I don't think that it honours other states
(e.g. pending installs/removes/purges).


Cheers.
-- 
Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>