my test is the following: put this lines in your /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ lenny main deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org/ etch main install dvdstyler=1:1.4-0.5 refugio:/home/chptma# apt-cache policy dvdstyler dvdstyler: Installed: 1:1.4-0.5 Candidate: 1:1.7.1-0.1 Version table: 1:1.7.1-0.1 0 900 http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages *** 1:1.4-0.5 0 500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status the preferences should let dvdstyler to upgrade wajig dailyupgrade attemps to upgrade dvdstyler and their depends I only show the important package (the problem ahs grow since then for an experimental package that I have...) The following NEW packages will be installed: dvdstyler-data libwxsvg0 The following packages will be upgraded: dvdstyler I choose to hold dvdstyler refugio:/home/chptma# wajig hold dvdstyler The following packages are on hold: dvdstyler wajig dailyupgrade correctly hold the package but continue to attemps to install depends The following NEW packages will be installed: dvdstyler-data libwxsvg0 The following packages have been kept back: dvdstyler refugio:/home/chptma# apt-cache policy dvdstyler dvdstyler: Installed: 1:1.4-0.5 Candidate: 1:1.7.1-0.1 Version table: 1:1.7.1-0.1 0 900 http://www.debian-multimedia.org lenny/main Packages *** 1:1.4-0.5 0 500 http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch/main Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status refugio:/home/chptma# aptitude upgrade W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done refugio:/home/chptma# aptitude dist-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done refugio:/home/chptma# aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done If I unhold the package: refugio:/home/chptma# aptitude upgrade W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Resolving dependencies... The following NEW packages will be installed: dvdstyler-data{a} libwxsvg0{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: mpgtx{u} The following packages will be upgraded: dvdstyler 1 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 1 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1407kB of archives. After unpacking 2654kB will be used. If I mark the version to "F"orget in aptitude refugio:/home/chptma# aptitude upgrade W: The "upgrade" command is deprecated; use "safe-upgrade" instead. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 25 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done Hope all this helps. 2009/5/1 Graham Williams <graham.willi...@togaware.com>: > Hi Jaime, > > Could you provide the sequence of commands or example that exhibits > the bug behaviour and is repeatable. I've not been able to repeat > this yet and without repeatability and a clear demonstration it is > hard to fix. > > Thanks, > Graham > > Received Sat 02 May 2009 5:33am +1000 from Jaime Ochoa Malagón: >> Hi Graham, >> >> You are right, the bug is on apt-get. >> >> I didn know how work the hold feature in apt-get any way at this >> moment didn't work... >> >> I don't know how to reasign the bug, did you mind to do this for me? >> >> Really I use aptitude that brings to me the feel of control and in >> this case thats true, someone write about wajig and their good >> features and I was testing it but this problem disapoint me and I >> return to use aptitude, I feel confortable with wajig while that works >> for me (not any more until this bug in apt-get is solved), thanks. >> >> 2009/4/30 Graham Williams <graham.willi...@togaware.com> >> > >> > Hi Jaime, >> > >> > Thanks for the bug report. >> > >> > Underneath, the dailyupgrade command is simply doing: >> > >> > apt-get --show-upgraded dist-upgrade >> > >> > so I would guess the same situation is there with apt-get. >> > >> > Do you think instead this might be a wajig specific problem? >> > >> > Otherwise could you reassign this to apt-get, perhaps as a wishlist? >> > >> > Or is there an option to apt-get to get the behaviour you want? That >> > might be something we could fix wajig with. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Graham >> > >> > Received Wed 18 Feb 2009 4:41pm +1100 from Jaime Ochoa Malagón: >> > > Package: wajig >> > > Version: 2.0.38 >> > > Severity: normal >> > > >> > > *** Please type your report below this line *** >> > > >> > > Some package have a bug and I request to downgrade it to the stable >> > > version... >> > > >> > > wajig dailyupgrade wants to upgrade it to my preferences (testing) >> > > >> > > I hold the package >> > > >> > > wajig dailyupgrade hold the stable package BUT pretends to install the >> > > depends of the test version, thats is a bug... >> > > >> > > -- System Information: >> > > Debian Release: 5.0 >> > > APT prefers stable >> > > APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (550, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable') >> > > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) >> > > >> > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) >> > > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) >> > > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash >> > > >> > > Versions of packages wajig depends on: >> > > ii apt 0.7.20.2 Advanced front-end for dpkg >> > > ii dselect 1.14.25 Debian package management >> > > front-en >> > > ii python 2.5.2-3 An interactive high-level >> > > object-o >> > > ii python-apt 0.7.7.1+nmu1 Python interface to >> > > libapt-pkg >> > > ii python-central 0.6.8 register and build utility >> > > for Pyt >> > > >> > > wajig recommends no packages. >> > > >> > > Versions of packages wajig suggests: >> > > ii alien 8.72 convert and install rpm and >> > > other >> > > ii apt-listbugs 0.0.94 Lists critical bugs before >> > > each ap >> > > ii apt-move 4.2.27-1+b4 Maintain Debian packages in >> > > a pack >> > > ii apt-show-versions 0.15 lists available package >> > > versions w >> > > ii debconf 1.5.24 Debian configuration >> > > management sy >> > > ii deborphan 1.7.27 program that can find >> > > unused packa >> > > ii dpkg-repack 1.30 puts an unpacked .deb file >> > > back to >> > > ii fakeroot 1.11 Gives a fake root >> > > environment >> > > ii fping 2.4b2-to-ipv6-15 sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST >> > > packets to >> > > pn gkdebconf <none> (no description available) >> > > pn gnome-tasksel <none> (no description available) >> > > pn gnome-terminal <none> (no description available) >> > > ii locales 2.7-18 GNU C Library: National >> > > Language ( >> > > pn lynx <none> (no description available) >> > > ii python-glade2 2.12.1-6 GTK+ bindings: Glade support >> > > ii python-gnome2 2.22.3-1 Python bindings for the >> > > GNOME desk >> > > ii python-gtk2 2.12.1-6 Python bindings for the >> > > GTK+ widge >> > > ii reportbug 3.48 reports bugs in the Debian >> > > distrib >> > > ii sudo 1.6.9p17-2 Provide limited super user >> > > privile >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different >> > > selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. >> > > >> > > Carl Sagan (Contact) >> > > >> > > Jaime Ochoa Malagón >> > > Arquitecto de Soluciones >> > > Cel: +52 (55) 1021 0774 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different >> > > selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. >> > > >> > > Carl Sagan (Contact) >> > > >> > > Jaime Ochoa Malagón >> > > Arquitecto de Soluciones >> > > Cel: +52 (55) 1021 0774 >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >> >> >> -- >> Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different >> selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. >> >> Carl Sagan (Contact) >> >> Jaime Ochoa Malagón >> Arquitecto de Soluciones >> Cel: +52 (55) 1021 0774 >> > -- Perhaps the depth of love can be calibrated by the number of different selves that are actively involved in a given relationship. 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