This is very annoying, I agree that either, apt-mark should not accept 'uninstalled' packages or we should avoid losing packages marked as 'hold'
Steps to reproduce (assuming none of these two packages are available) Trying to mark as hold two uninstalled packages... and notice that the second we add the second one we lost the status for the first one.. > apt update > apt-mark hold p0f p0f set on hold. > apt-mark showhold p0f > grep -c p0f /var/lib/dpkg/status 1 > apt-mark hold dovecot-core dovecot-core set on hold. > apt-mark showhold dovecot-core > grep -c p0f /var/lib/dpkg/status 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1694989 Title: apt-mark overwrites existing held package info Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in apt package in Debian: New Bug description: Running apt-mark hold commands overwrites / nullifies any existing held package data. Not sure if this is by design, but I assume it's meant to be cumulative. Ubuntu version: 16.04.2 LTS Package version: apt 1.2.19 amd64 Expected behaviour: apt-mark hold 3dchess apt-mark hold 0ad apt-mark showhold 3dchess 0ad Actual behaviour: apt-mark hold 3dchess apt-mark hold 0ad apt-mark showhold 0ad To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1694989/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
