[Aptitude-devel] Bug#843536: Bug#843536: Setting a package on hold resets the auto flag

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Yuri,

Yuri D'Elia wrote:
> Setting a package in "iA" state on hold clears the automatic flag, but there's
> no reason it should. The auto state should be preserved when putting a package
> on hold, as forbid currently does.

Thanks for the bug report. I can confirm this at least in the TUI
(where it happens immediately).

I also checked older versions: This is a relatively new bug and it
doesn't happen in Jessie or Wheezy. So it likely has been introduced
with one of the 0.7.x or 0.8.x versions.

		Regards, Axel
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