There's some misconception here; held back is a package-level flag.
ALinuxUser: Just use pinning instead of holds to achieve that.
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I too would welcome an option whereby apt-get update would wholly ignore
'held' - i.e., held back - packages.
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Note (tiny mistake in previous comment):
- - 'apt list --kept-back' to show packages on hold (= 'apt-mark showhold');
+ - 'apt list --kept-back' to show packages on hold that can be manually
upgraded (⊆ 'apt-mark showhold');
(The fact that the package is on hold, per se doesn't necessary mean
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Note (tiny mistake in previous comment):
- - 'apt list --kept-back' to show packages on hold (= 'apt-mark showhold');
+ - 'apt list --kept-back' to show packages on hold that can be manually
upgraded (⊆ 'apt-mark showhold');
(The fact that the package is on hold, per se doesn't necessary mean
tha
Sorry, it should be 'Thus' (a.k.a 'Therefore') instead of 'This' in the
last sentence.
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Wish: apt shouldn't show kept-back packages within
IMHO:
'apt list' should have at least 2 keys:
- 'apt list --upgradable' to show packages that will be upgraded;
- 'apt list --kept-back' to show packages on hold (= 'apt-mark showhold');
- 'apt list --upgradable --kept-back' to show both (i.e. union).
And 'apt update' should report only '--upg
I get you what you say. But there is a distinction between (manually)
upgradeable packages and packages that will be upgraded (automatically).
I'm not going to decide whether the status is Opinion, Won't Fix, or
Triaged, as I'm not entirely sure what we really want to do.
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