EricDHH,
The issue you describe isn't specifically related to Firefox. Holding
any package in synaptic will not stop an upgrade using apt or
unattended-upgrades. I believe the opposite also to be true, holding a
package with apt-mark won't stop synaptic upgrading it.
I'd like to close your bug report by marking it as a duplicate of bug
1766161 which although reported later has been worked on by the Bug
Squad, the importance has been set and of course is already assigned to
the correct package.
Do you agree that the other bug adequately describes the problem that
you came across with Firefox 56/57?
Paul White
[Ubuntu Bug Squad]
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Incomplete
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Title:
Firefox 57 ignores package on halt
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Incomplete
Bug description:
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=artful
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.10"
ii firefox 57.0+build4- amd64
Because of the horrible API change that destroyed over 10000 AddOns i
decided to revert to the firefox 56 package.
firefox_56.0+build6-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
firefox-locale-de_56.0+build6-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
I removed the 57 packages by synaptic, installed both 56 .deb with
sudo dpkg. After that the config must be renamed because of
incompatibility. Than i had set the 56 packages at hold with synaptic.
Shortly after reboot the 57 packages are back on the system, there was
no update manager running. The chronic in synaptic shows the revert
from last day and both packages at 57 including the lock that was set
at the 56 version.
Regression: If we have a packet management in ubuntu, all packages
should be using that. All up- and downgrades should be visible in the
chronic, but the secret upgrade is missing there.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: firefox 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-16.19-generic 4.13.4
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-16-generic x86_64
AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu3.4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: eric 3378 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: eric 3378 F.... pulseaudio
BuildID: 20171115094513
Channel: Unavailable
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Fri Nov 17 17:06:38 2017
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
Extensions: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
ForcedLayersAccel: False
IfupdownConfig:
# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
IncompatibleExtensions: Unavailable (corrupt or non-existant
compatibility.ini or extensions.sqlite)
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-10-22 (25 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
IpRoute:
default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp2s0 proto static metric 100
169.254.0.0/16 dev enp2s0 scope link metric 1000
192.168.1.0/24 dev enp2s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.10 metric 100
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
Locales: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
PrefSources: prefs.js
Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=57.0/20171115094513
RfKill:
RunningIncompatibleAddons: False
SourcePackage: firefox
Themes: extensions.sqlite corrupt or missing
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/07/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: F2g
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: 970A-UD3P
dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.board.version: x.x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF2g:bd10/07/2014:svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rn970A-UD3P:rvrx.x:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
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