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 >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/8cba22f6-9fb1-4a14-a7bc-a52cca604355%40googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/941f9249-a6c3-4585-8cc6-2f8c1af52181%40googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgy%2B8M2Ebrg9j%3DM23VuEaY1Tr89DMYn9Ebg-7Xo5MJZgbA%40mail.gmail.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAGuansqfqyY9JdAcRU1-Aqq4T3TVTJutkjHnfKFVaT%3DAc2GbaQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
