Regarding the latest comments, the issue reported originally is about the possibility to hold a package directly from update-manager, not the fact that update-manager ignores aptitude's holds. This has been reported in bug 75332 .
Setting to "triaged/wishlist" and let the dev handle it from there. Thanks for your time and don't hesitate to submit any new bug. ** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Triaged -- Hold packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/35836 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs