Package: apt Version: 0.8.15.9 File: /usr/bin/apt-get Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer, Occassionally on doing upgrades, I am informed by listbugs, of a bug, that I think is worth waiting for a fix on. Yes, a person probably could pin the package in question, and then at some point in the future, unpin it. But what if you forget? I think it would be nice to "block" a package (and its dependencies) for the purpose of a single apt-get (aptitude, synaptic, ...) session. Once a bug fix was issued, a person could stop blocking the package. I'm a bit of a dinosaur, so my normal operating procedure is: apt-get update yes n | apt-get upgrade >& /tmp/upgrade.me less /tmp/upgrade.me pick and choose among packages apt-get install list_of_packages What I am thinking, is that if listbugs picks up a problem, a person does: apt-get install -b buggy_package list_of_packages -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "true"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections ""; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs"; APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs"; APT::Architectures ""; APT::Architectures:: "i386"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/"; Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d"; Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg"; Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; Dir::Media ""; Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Dir::Log::History "history.log"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently ""; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$"; Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$"; Acquire ""; Acquire::cdrom ""; Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/"; Acquire::Languages ""; Acquire::Languages:: "en"; Acquire::Languages:: "none"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/sbin/update-dpsyco || true"; CommandLine ""; CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- # # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070407-11:29]/ etch contrib main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070407-11:29]/ etch contrib main deb http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free deb http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ testing main contrib non-free #deb http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ stable main contrib non-free #deb-src http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2010.08.28 ii gnupg 1.4.11-3 ii libc6 2.13-21 ii libgcc1 1:4.6.2-4 ii libstdc++6 4.6.2-4 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: ii apt-doc 0.8.15.9 ii aptitude 0.6.4-1.2 ii bzip2 1.0.5-7 ii dpkg-dev 1.16.1.1 ii lzma 4.43-14 ii python-apt 0.8.0 ii synaptic 0.75.3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
