Control: tag -1 moreinfo On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 12:19:54PM +0200, Sergio Gelato wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.8.2.1 > > I'm trying to pin some packages (nvidia stuff) the upgrade of which is best > followed by an immediate reboot, so that I can upgrade the rest without > waiting for a reboot window. I came up with the attached preferences > configuration (based on the list of packages apt-get would otherwise try to > upgrade on this system), and while it's definitely having some effect it > seems that "apt-get upgrade" still wants to upgrade some of the pinned > packages. I see no reason (neither good nor bad-but-documented) for this, > so I call it a bug.
You have pinned all versions of these packages to the same priority - 10, including the installed version. I'm wondering more why the other packages are kept back, I'd expect them to be upgraded too. What does policy say for them? -- debian developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev ubuntu core developer i speak de, en