point taken, apologies for addressing the wrong audience, who indeed volunteer their time to help.
I do not quite agree with the metaphor, as my old parcel deliverer has taken an old working delivery back and pushed me a new delivery that doesn't work in my environment - without prior notice or leaving me any choice. But I see indeed that the decision has been taken and the fundamental problem lies somewhere else. Thanks again. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1965960 Title: apt installs snap packages Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch) Release: 22.04 $ apt-cache policy apt apt: Installed: 2.4.1 Candidate: 2.4.1 Version table: *** 2.4.1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) I expected to dist-upgrade my system, running apt-get dist-upgrade 4) apt tried to install firefox from snap. I naturally aborted the upgrade, if I want a snap package I install it with snap, I use apt to install debian/apt packages. Aborting the install essentially broke my system. Trying to repair it, and installing firefox using apt again, hence getting force-fed the snap of firefox, broke my install, too, as the snap cannot access my firefox configuration files (for good reasons). It took me half a day to repair the system and switch to a PPA to keep the system (and Ubuntu with its intended processes - apt for deb, snap for snap, probably flatpaks and whatever for other stuff - for that matter) running. In summary: We know you love snap. We use snap for certain purposes, and apt for others. Please don't force your love for snap on us, snaps constantly break long-running systems and require careful introduction. The proper solution could have been to stop supporting firefox from apt, so we have to consciously deal with the situation - without getting our systems broken. Thanks ❤️ ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04 Package: apt 2.4.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.15.0-22.22-generic 5.15.19 Uname: Linux 5.15.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu79 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: pass CurrentDesktop: MATE Date: Tue Mar 22 16:26:47 2022 InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-03-07 (15 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Alpha amd64 (20220228) RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks. SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1965960/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp