Comment 2 for bug 1049389

Any movement on this ticket? Still present in Linux mint 15

LInux Mint 15.

1. open synaptic,
2. select single/multiple installed packages
3. select "lock version" under the "Package" menu
4. open mintupdate, click refresh.

# WORKAROUND
 ( mintupdate does respect dpkg version locking used with "dpkg --set-selections PACKAGENAME hold")

mintupdate does not respect Synaptic's version lock feature and thus displays updates which should not be included. Upstream managed to integrate their update manager to respect Synaptic's version lock feature despite Synaptic failing to properly implement version locking with "dpkg".

It can be verified that Synaptic fails to lock packages with dpkg using a variation of the following commands.
Replace firexox with the package name of your choosing.

# Check firefox status (Install indicates package can be upgraded)
dpkg --get-selections | grep firefox

# Version lock the package firefox
echo "firefox hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections

# Remove lock on firefox
echo "firefox hold" | sudo dpkg --set-selections