Hi Alexander, Thanks for reporting this. Actually I don't have a strong opinion about how to deal with this issue. Look, apticron follows 'apt-get dist-upgrade' understanding regarding packages upgrading. In newer versions I've already done some workarounds to avoid apticron reporting when you have packages on hold (which unfortunately differs when done via aptitude: #137771).
However, avoiding apticron to report essential packages to be installed in a dist-upgrade (even if they are not currently installed) can be controversial. I'm pretty sure some people would like to trust apt-get on this and may not want to get this information 'hidden' through apticron. So, IMO apticron's role is to report what a dist-upgrade says that should be upgraded. That said, I would suggest you to put what you don't want to be upgraded on hold, for example for diffutils package: $echo diffutils hold | dpkg --set-selections Please tell me if you agree. Otherwise help me to find a good way to handle this. Best regards, -- Tiago Bortoletto Vaz http://tiagovaz.org 0xA504FECA - http://pgp.mit.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
