All holds are in /var/lib/dpkg/status file as well as other statuses
of available packages.

On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Curious how the holds got placed?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:04 AM, Benjamin Copeland
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Michael,
>>
>> I am using dpkg, so dpkg --get-selections | grep "openssh-*".
>>
>> apt-get upgrade, by default won't upgrade held packages.
>>
>> There is a option in apt-get manual:
>>
>>        --ignore-hold
>>            Ignore package Holds; This causes apt-get to ignore a hold
>> placed on a package. This may be
>>            useful in conjunction with dist-upgrade to override a large
>> number of undesired holds.
>>            Configuration Item: APT::Ignore-Hold.
>>
>> Which, I assume then will overwrite the default behavior.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> On Friday, 26 September 2014 13:33:11 UTC+1, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>
>>> Where are you seeing the output of what is "held back" and so on?  That's
>>> usually what you see during an update, so it seems some steps
>>> are not being executed by Ansible, and that's confusing me a little.
>>>
>>> Can you show the commands executed?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:57 AM, Benjamin Copeland <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> - name: hold openssh-client only if OS is 12.04
>>>>   shell: echo "openssh-client hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
>>>>   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and
>>>> ansible_distribution_release == 'precise'
>>>>
>>>> - name: hold openssh-server only if OS is 12.04
>>>>   shell: echo "openssh-server hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections
>>>>   when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu' and
>>>> ansible_distribution_release == 'precise'
>>>>
>>>> - name: update and upgrade a server
>>>>   apt: upgrade=safe update_cache=yes
>>>>   sudo: yes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The package is "held" it dpkg.
>>>>
>>>> openssh-client hold
>>>> openssh-server hold
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The state of apt before ansible:
>>>>
>>>> The following packages have been kept back:
>>>>   linux-headers-generic linux-headers-virtual linux-image-virtual
>>>> linux-virtual openssh-client openssh-server
>>>>
>>>> After deploy:
>>>>
>>>> The following packages have been kept back:
>>>>   linux-headers-generic linux-headers-virtual linux-image-virtual
>>>> linux-virtual
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would have thought, using the safe-upgrade should have stopped openssh
>>>> being upgraded.
>>>>
>>>> Is this a bug, or am I missing something?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Ben
>>>>
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