[Aptitude-devel] Bug#706770: keep/hold packages uninstalled

[Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo]

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo


Hi Harald,

2013-05-05 00:47 Daniel Hartwig:
>Control: block -1 by 137771
>Control: tags -1 + confirmed
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>On 4 May 2013 23:35, Harald Dunkel <harri at afaics.de> wrote:
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>> Package: aptitude
>> Version: 0.6.8.2-1
>> Severity: wishlist
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>> It would be very nice if "hold" and "keep" could be extended
>> to work on uninstalled packages, too.
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>For the moment you can use either apt-mark hold or apt_preferences(5).

Did you try the solutions above?  Using them with aptitude should work,
if not, please let me know.


If a package really Depends on another one, none of these solutions
would work (including setting them within aptitude).  The package that
depends on the one not to be installed cannot be installed without them.
It would only be valid for recommends.


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