On Sun, 2020-12-13 at 14:33:06 +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Julian Andres Klode: > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2020 at 12:32:02PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > >> It seems that “apt upgrade” clears “apt-mark hold” (in buster, so apt > >> 1.8.2 or thereabouts). APT does not install recommended packages > >> which are marked as held even if new packages with new Recommends: > >> dependencies on the held package are installed, which is a useful > >> feature. But it does not work reliably due to the behavior of “apt > >> upgrade”. > >> > >> Would you consider the clearing of package hold information a bug? > > > > dpkg clears holds for non-installed packages after performing installs > > - this is not an apt bug. > > Aha! Is it a dpkg bug then?
Yes, a regression that is already fixed in master, will be included in the next dpkg release: <https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=c89140d8bfe69637e50d25949c655cd03d19c6ab> Thanks, Guillem