update-manager should let me upgrade even with held packages
Bug #2039499 reported by
Steve Langasek
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| update-manager (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
I have a package held on my system because in newer releases of Ubuntu the version imported from Debian is completely unusable. Trying to run `update-manager -d` to upgrade to mantic gives me a message that I need all my packages to be up-to-date first.
apt dist-upgrade doesn't upgrade this package, but correctly notes that it's held. update-manager also doesn't upgrade the package. update-manager should be consistent with that, and allow the upgrade to proceed with a held package.
(It should warn the user that there are held packages, but it shouldn't just say that packages aren't up to date when update-manager itself will fail to even offer an update.)
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