-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 09/30/15 14:13, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > > Even if we add support in aptitude to hold uninstalled packages (another bug > report of yours), dpkg doesn't consider them, and that's not likely to change > in the immediate future
I think that is OK. dpkg is very low level. > -- so the problem of dpkg and apt and others not knowing about aptitude's > hold states of uninstalled packages will repeat, as with the holds on > installed packages until now. > I disagree on putting dpkg and apt on the same level here. In my understanding apt-get and aptitude are. They should work on the same database of package states. If apt-get is run internally by the unattended upgrades cron job, then the changes done by aptitude shouldn't be overridden. Regards Harri -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWIb6rAAoJEAqeKp5m04HLx8AH+gI3cMa1iasdySCO/gbcxXDC PECuB6Vqil1gbpwLd7bhPM+ZouWcuVd496xNtcocUJ6P4m44c5h4VtAj8QPlVrqS f20P3fNTRaYX4YAkDwL4pBrCdYx9goZjBT3Qez9qmyPfgkBMKLLQuHh+i29anH+h Xpr0EIDYDtWfkSuFaNesyH0h316a+k3yhwk88r5MWXwO04+HxhEuv/0fzkD3q4gK 5bnOErYcO9MzE+YyqWCpEvIQXzcJ8Sx3ASlYEMbtj5y3Ome8UI1OXotDhlvtBYup oGggDCAiJ1uMgnVnNGnFEabc+KJcwWUc/53PD2WUIvGzsLSSJ1YxsN0Yi1NBoB0= =q+eD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----