Bug#825866: using "=" to hold a package is not interoperable with apt-get

Control: tags -1 + confirmed Control: found -1 0.8.1-1 Hi, 2016-05-30 23:59 Jeffrey Sheinberg: Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.11-1+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, If I set a package status to hold using dpkg-hold, then the hold is honored by aptitude, apt-get, and dselect. If I set a

Bug#825866: using "=" to hold a package is not interoperable with apt-get

Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.11-1+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, If I set a package status to hold using dpkg-hold, then the hold is honored by aptitude, apt-get, and dselect. If I set a package status to hold using aptitude's "=" cpmmand, then the hold is honored by aptitude, but the