Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
apt-get -y --ignore-hold fails due to a held package
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I install an older version of a package:
wget http://updates.onlab.us/GPG-KEY-ONLAB
sudo apt-key add GPG-KEY-ONLAB
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://updates.onlab.us/debian stable/" >>
/etc/apt/sources.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install flowvisor=0.8.7-1
I then tell dpkg to hold this package:
echo "flowvisor hold" | sudo /usr/bin/dpkg --set-selections
I then try to upgrade the package:
sudo apt-get install -y --ignore-hold flowvisor=0.8.17-3
I expected that to succeed non-interactively, because I said -y and
--ignore-hold. Instead, I get this error:
[12:49:25] jbs@jbsofsw-ubuntu:/home/jbs
+$ sudo apt-get install -y --ignore-hold flowvisor=0.8.17-3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following held packages will be changed:
flowvisor
The following packages will be upgraded:
flowvisor
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 110 not upgraded.
Need to get 7245 kB of archives.
After this operation, 2179 kB disk space will be freed.
E: There are problems and -y was used without --force-yes
If I remove the hold:
echo "flowvisor install" | sudo /usr/bin/dpkg --set-selections
I can then upgrade it with -y just fine.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-32.51-virtual 3.2.30
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-32-virtual x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu14
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Sep 16 13:48:19 2013
Ec2AMI: ami-00000085
Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
Ec2InstanceType: xo.medium
Ec2Kernel: unavailable
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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