Control: severity -1 wishlist On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 05:54:52PM -0300, Antonio Terceiro wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.4.6 > Severity: normal > > I am using apt-mark to hold package a package that I don't want to be > installed > as a recommendation. But the hold seems to be lost after the next > installation.
That's correct, and the intended behavior: dpkg only keeps holds for installed packages really. While it temporarily stores a hold for other packages, it gets dropped as soon as you perform any change. I think the plan is to error out when running apt-mark hold on non-installed packages. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1694989 for more details. -- Debian Developer - deb.li/jak | jak-linux.org - free software dev | Ubuntu Core Developer | When replying, only quote what is necessary, and write each reply directly below the part(s) it pertains to ('inline'). Thank you.
