Thank you for explaining that. It is sad and ironic that synaptic was deliberately changed (according to comment#1 at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/synaptic/+bug/42178#bug- branches-container) to use /var/lib/synaptic/preferences instead of the global preferences file /etc/apt/preferences
I think synaptic is actually more confusing because of that change! I agree with what you wrote on the bug report. I too would like to see the 2004 change reverted, so that synaptic uses the global preferences file in future. -- 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
