[Aptitude-devel] Bug#934541: aptitude: upgraded a package to experimental without notice, though SolutionCost has "safety" first

[Vincent Lefevre]

I think that until now, aptitude upgraded some package to experimental
just in order to resolve a dependency, but several days ago, the
upgraded packages came only from experimental:

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Aptitude 0.8.13: log report
Sat, Aug 16 2025 23:52:19 +0200

  IMPORTANT: this log only lists intended actions; actions which fail
  due to dpkg problems may not be completed.

Will install 2 packages, and remove 0 packages.
98.3 kB of disk space will be used
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[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cryptsetup:amd64 2:2.7.5-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] cryptsetup-bin:amd64 2:2.7.5-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] firmware-intel-graphics:amd64 20250410-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] firmware-intel-misc:amd64 20250410-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] firmware-mediatek:amd64 20250410-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] firmware-nvidia-graphics:amd64 20250410-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gir1.2-gdesktopenums-3.0:amd64 48.0-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gnome-robots:amd64 1:41.2-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] gnome-settings-daemon-common:amd64 48.1-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] initramfs-tools-bin:amd64 0.148.3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] initramfs-tools-core:amd64 0.148.3
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libfluidsynth3:amd64 2.4.4+dfsg-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libpskc0t64:amd64 2.6.13-2
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsystemd-shared:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libsystemd0:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] libudev1:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] linux-doc-6.12:amd64 6.12.38-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] linux-libc-dev:amd64 6.12.38-1
[HOLD, DEPENDENCIES] systemd-cryptsetup:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] cryptsetup-initramfs:amd64 2:2.7.5-2
[HOLD] firmware-iwlwifi:amd64 20250410-2
[HOLD] firmware-misc-nonfree:amd64 20250410-2
[HOLD] gnome-backgrounds:amd64 48.2.1-1
[HOLD] gnome-settings-daemon:amd64 48.1-1
[HOLD] gnuplot-data:amd64 6.0.2+dfsg1-2+local1
[HOLD] gnuplot-doc:amd64 6.0.2+dfsg1-2+local1
[HOLD] gnuplot-qt:amd64 6.0.2+dfsg1-2+local1
[HOLD] gsettings-desktop-schemas:amd64 48.0-1
[HOLD] initramfs-tools:amd64 0.148.3
[HOLD] libcryptsetup12:amd64 2:2.7.5-2
[HOLD] libnss-systemd:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] libpam-systemd:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] libsystemd-dev:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] linux-doc:amd64 6.12.38-1
[HOLD] linux-image-amd64:amd64 6.12.38-1
[HOLD] linux-perf:amd64 6.12.38-1
[HOLD] rsync:amd64 3.3.0+ds1-2
[HOLD] systemd:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] systemd-sysv:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] systemd-timesyncd:amd64 257.7-1
[HOLD] udev:amd64 257.7-1
[UPGRADE] libaqbanking-data:amd64 6.6.0-1 -> 6.6.1-1
[UPGRADE] libaqbanking44:amd64 6.6.0-1 -> 6.6.1-1
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Log complete.

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libaqbanking (6.6.1-1) experimental; urgency=medium

  * New upstream version 6.6.1

 -- Micha Lenk <micha at debian.org>  Sun, 03 Aug 2025 15:48:28 +0200

and at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libaqbanking

 [2025-08-03] Accepted libaqbanking 6.6.1-1 (source) into experimental (Micha Lenk)

So, in short, the upgrade was proposed from the main window,
under "Upgradable Packages".

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