[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-12 Thread gf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Ok, Humphrey. Just wanted to make sure you were satisfied with the response on this bug report. Talk to you again. :) G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-11 Thread Humphrey van Polanen Petel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Hi G, I am happy to report a problem and answer questions about it, but I my interests lie elsewhere. Sorry. Humphrey -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-11 Thread gf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Hi Humphrey, See also this bug: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=276655 which has been associated with the 42178 bug and is the "upstream" bug that has been reported to Debian. Hope this

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-11 Thread gf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Hi again Humphrey, Please subscribe yourself to the bug number 42178, so you can follow and comment on the conversation there. Someone just responded there yesterday also reporting the bug on their computer.

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-10 Thread gf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Sorry Humphrey. Paul was responding to my comment about not being able to find the software I need in the ubuntu software app. I have since looked at aptitude and I still prefer synaptic. This issue is still

Re: [Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-10 Thread Humphrey van Polanen Petel
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Dear people, Ubuntu Software has Synaptic, but not Aptitude, and apt and apt-get appear to be installed by default.  Three (four if counting apt and apt-get) different ways of doing things here. Why are you

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-09 Thread gf
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Thanks for the suggestion, Paul. I will look at aptitude. I was not aware it was different from apt or apt-get. Take care :) G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-09 Thread Paul White
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 42178 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Ok G, I didn't want to just make it a duplicate as you had been working on this bug with Humphrey. I saw Raimondo's comment as I'm subscribed to all synaptic bugs. I don't think increasing the importance is

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-09 Thread gf
Hi Paul, I agree that bug 42178 is the primary bug report this issue. It has the best description, a possible workaround, the most history and most number of users affected. This bug here (1766161) could be closed as a duplicate of 42178. However, 60 minutes ago, Raimondo is advocating that

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-09-09 Thread Paul White
Today I've marked bug 1732946 as a duplicate of this one but I'm tempted to mark this as a duplicate of bug 42178 which was filed back in 2006 and has several duplicates. It seems that apt not respecting the locking of files in synaptic and v.v. was an intentional change, see the first few

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-16 Thread gf
Thanks for changing the importance level, Simon! Have a great day. :) G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766161 Title: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic To manage

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-16 Thread Simon Quigley
** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766161 Title: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic To manage

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-13 Thread gf
Hi Humphrey, Again, sorry for the delay and the initial lack of response to your original report. The bug reports are handled by people from around the globe, the majority of whom are volunteers. Unfortunately, they missed this one and it fell down in the queue. I just started bug triaging a

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-12 Thread Humphrey van Polanen Petel
It is heartening that know that even old bugs are not forgotten. Thank you. Humphrey -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766161 Title: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-12 Thread gf
Thanks for your thoughts on this. I agree and I will get someone to change the status. Take care :) G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766161 Title: package get updated even though

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-12 Thread Paul White
The last time I reported a bug that affected synaptic I was told by a developer: "Marking as low considering that synaptic is not officially supported". I would have marked it as such myself but I don't (yet) have that capability. :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-12 Thread gf
Hi Paul, Thanks for confirming this issue and for updating the status. What importance would you assign to this bug report? Take care and thanks again for taking the time to detail how to recreate the bug. :) G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-12 Thread Paul White
I can reproduce this so I'll mark the report as affecting me too. 1) Open synaptic and identify one or more packages that are not to be upgraded 2) Mark them with "Lock version" - they get shown as "Pinned" 3) Close synaptic 4) Add PPA that would provide an update to those packages 5) Reload

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-11 Thread gf
Hi Humprey. Thanks for the update. Would you provide exact steps as to how to produce this error? Take care :) G -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1766161 Title: package get updated

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-08-10 Thread Humphrey van Polanen Petel
I haven't been in the situation that I needed to use Synaptic like I described, but I haven't see a fix so IMO it is still a bug that needs to be fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1766161] Re: package get updated even though locked in Synaptic

2018-07-27 Thread gf
Hello Humphrey, Thank you for submitting this bug and reporting a problem with synaptic. You made this bug report some time ago and Ubuntu has been updated since then. Could you confirm that this is no longer a problem and that we can close the ticket? If it is still a problem, are you still