Comment 3 for bug 1166568
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| Daniel Hartwig (wigs) wrote Re: [Bug 1166568] Re: [update-manager-core] do-release-upgrade removing pinned / locked version packages | #3 |
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On 31 May 2013 12:49, B Bobo <email address hidden> wrote:
> Versions locked using Synaptic per Ubuntu Pinning Howto https:/
> and Ubuntu Apt Get Howto https:/
>
[It seems the advise in those documents is outdated and inaccurate. I
will file some reports on that.]
Synaptic version locking is ineffective in other apt tools. See bug
#42178. The same issue exists with aptitude holds.
The only solution is to use apt/dpkg holds, supported everywhere. The
PinningHowto says to do:
# echo libxfont1 hold | dpkg --set-selections
If your apt is recent enough, you can instead use:
# apt-mark hold harpia shogun-octave
After applying this hold, confirm the changes with e.g.:
$ dpkg -s harpia | grep Status
Status: hold ok installed