>>>>> You have not yet explained why apt pinning is not enough.
>>> Simply because apt is not the only way to install packages. >> Don't synaptic and/or whatever honor these pins too? > I have no idea about synaptic, but there’s e.g. cupt (which > works as apt replacement, but probably (didn’t check) handles > its configs the same…) and dselect (which uses dpkg and thus > is one level “below” apt, and cannot be reasonably expected to > use apt’s configs). Isn't the proper solution to add blacklisting support to dpkg, then? (Which should not prevent getting the systemd-must-not-die-but-please-dont-install-it-on-my-system package into the archive.) -- Juliusz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87ioney6pj.wl....@pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr
