[Aptitude-devel] Bug#729761: Does not respect holds

[Matthias Klumpp]

forcemerge 137771 729761
thanks

Hi!
This is a bug which has been known for a long time, and is the #1
reason why I recommend using apt-get over aptitude ;-)
Hopefully this will be fixed soon, but after so much time has passed,
I doubt that. (I am also not sure what the problem is currently)
Cheers,
    Matthias


2013/11/21 Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org>:
> reassign 729761 aptitude
> retitle 729761 aptitude: Does not set holds in apt
> thanks
>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 01:14:55AM +0100, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
>> 2013/11/17 Josh Triplett <josh at joshtriplett.org>:
>> > Package: gnome-packagekit
>> > Version: 3.8.2-4
>> > Severity: normal
>> >
>> > I have several packages on hold.  Despite that, gnome-packagekit
>> > repeatedly pops up a notification about software updates, asking me to
>> > update those packages.
>> >
>> > I don't know if this bug lies in gnome-packagekit or in packagekit
>> > itself.
>> PackageKit/Aptcc does respect holds in Apt. You should use apt-mark to
>> properly set a package on hold, like "apt-mark hold <pkgname>".
>> If that works, everything is fine :-)
>> Aptcc does not parse the custom files set by Aptitude, it only
>> respects Apt settings in that regard.
>
> Interesting.  Sounds like a bug in aptitude for not using apt's holds.
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> - Josh Triplett



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