On 31 May 2013 12:49, B Bobo <[email protected]> wrote: > Versions locked using Synaptic per Ubuntu Pinning Howto > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto#line-97 > and Ubuntu Apt Get Howto > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto#line-67 >
[It seems the advise in those documents is outdated and inaccurate. I will file some reports on that.] Synaptic version locking is ineffective in other apt tools. See bug #42178. The same issue exists with aptitude holds. The only solution is to use apt/dpkg holds, supported everywhere. The PinningHowto says to do: # echo libxfont1 hold | dpkg --set-selections If your apt is recent enough, you can instead use: # apt-mark hold harpia shogun-octave After applying this hold, confirm the changes with e.g.: $ dpkg -s harpia | grep Status Status: hold ok installed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1166568 Title: [update-manager-core] do-release-upgrade removing pinned / locked version packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1166568/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
