On 31 May 2013 15:46, B Bobo <42...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > According to the first comment (bug #42178#bug-branches-container) I see > synaptic was changed to use /var/lib/synaptic/preferences instead of the > global preferences file /etc/apt/preferences to make it less confusing. > > However, I think synaptic is actually much more confusing because of > that change! It confsued me, and I wasted time trying to deal with it > and filing bug #1166568. I agree with what Daniel Hartwig wrote in > comment #27. I too would like to see the 2004 change reverted, so that > synaptic uses the global preferences file in future. It seems better and > more logical to do it that way. >
Actually this would not be reverting that change. Synaptic uses the apt-preferences system, and the referenced change only concerns which file stored those. Preferences is not ideal for holding packages, so we will change synaptic to use the dpkg holds system which is available to all dpkg and apt tools. This would be an interesting task for someone who wants to learn apt/synaptic development. Otherwise I will tackle it shortly as it is important to have all these tools using the same system for holds. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to the bug report. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42178 Title: apt-get doesn't use the same pinning as synaptic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/synaptic/+bug/42178/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
