[Aptitude-devel] Bug#799987: Bug#799987: aptitude and dpkg disagree upon held packages

[Harald Dunkel]

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Hi Axel,

On 09/25/15 12:33, Axel Beckert wrote:
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> Hi Harri,
> 
> Harald Dunkel wrote:
> 
>> Is aptitude using a "wrong way" to hold packages?
> 
> Yes and no. It's the "right way", if you use aptitude only. It was the wrong way (and still is in Wheezy and Jessie) if you also use other APT frontends which rely on dpkg's hold states.
> 

This is shocking. I have never expected apt, dpkg and aptitude
*not* working together. Are there other attributes in which
apt/dpkg and aptitude might disagree, maybe on accident by
some signal in the wrong moment?


Regards
Harri

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