[Aptitude-devel] Bug#929102: "show" command doesn't reveal apt-mark effects

[Sven Joachim]

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On 2019-05-17 14:54 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.8.11-7
>
> Even though using apt-mark affects aptitude's decision making, but there
> is no way to detect it via the "show" command.
>
> # aptitude show gcc-9-base|sum
> 11672     1
> # apt-mark hold gcc-9-base
> gcc-9-base set on hold.
> # aptitude show gcc-9-base|sum
> 11672     1
> # aptitude -vvvv show gcc-9-base|sum
> 11672     1

Is the package gcc-9-base actually installed?  If yes, I cannot
reproduce this:

,----
| # aptitude show gcc-9-base | grep ^State
| State: installed
| # apt-mark hold gcc-9-base
| gcc-9-base set on hold.
| # aptitude show gcc-9-base | grep ^State
| State: installed [held]
`----

For packages which are not installed I can reproduce the behavior, but
in that case it is actually apt-mark which is lying to you because it
does not write anything to /var/lib/apt/extended_states.

Cheers,
       Sven