Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.11 Severity: important I'd like mc (midnight commander) not to be updated all the time. I use "aptitude hold mc" as it described in manual.
Debug output: *************************** $ LC_ALL=C aptitude hold mc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 45 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done $ LC_ALL=C aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages have been kept back: libgtk1.2 x11-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following packages will be upgraded: mc 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2140kB of archives. After unpacking 6402kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. *************************** Available mc versions: $ apt-cache show mc Package: mc Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 6252 Maintainer: Debian MC Packaging Group <pkg-mc-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: i386 Version: 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), libslang2 (>= 2.0.7-1) Suggests: mime-support, perl, zip, unzip, bzip2, links | w3m | lynx, arj, file, xpdf, dbview, odt2txt Filename: pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.2~git20080311-4_i386.deb Size: 2140246 MD5sum: 088161530e6e78915cf097cf9af361ab SHA1: b48ee7034216049885408d2418bbf45f73a00170 SHA256: a7085645bdb9a020fc346d876a88548867cb4a9df176900bcffa50c4147fc0df Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files. Homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application, suite::gnu, use::browsing, use::organizing, works-with::file Package: mc Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 5396 Maintainer: Stefano Melchior <stefano.melch...@openlabs.it> Architecture: i386 Version: 1:4.6.1-6 Replaces: mc-common, manpages-pl (<= 20030210) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgpmg1 (>= 1.19.6-1), libslang2 (>= 2.0.6-3) Suggests: perl, mime-support, zip, unzip, bzip2, links | w3m | lynx, arj Conflicts: mc-common, suidmanager (<< 0.52) Filename: pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.1-6_i386.deb Size: 2137416 MD5sum: 4bb4d98e55a3d1ac547c043b8d76fccb SHA1: e27427dfc039d2ff2b4a6986ac4c62aa4f2632d4 SHA256: 152479cbcfbbd13843defd979d6b0a3a0507fc82d902357838908ee92962f986 Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files. Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application, use::browsing, use::organizing, works-with::file Package: mc Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: utils Maintainer: http://www.linux.org.ru/whois.jsp?nick=Slavaz Architecture: i386 Version: 4.6.3-r329 Replaces: mc-common, manpages-pl (<= 20030210) Depends: libslang2, libglib2.0-0, libgpmg1 Conflicts: mc-common, suidmanager (<< 0.52) Conffiles: /etc/mc/cedit.menu 66ed79b711e0171be8fe31094f38b20b /etc/mc/edit.indent.rc 008c6d0205315a87a977c7cd74a1526e /etc/mc/edit.spell.rc 6c46bc0859a452b43f4fa7fb435b1325 /etc/mc/mc.charsets d59055016dbad2abe5cdf42ef199c92f /etc/mc/mc.ext c64ef84af35be52cf818b506832a1181 /etc/mc/mc.lib d71883563f603625e9ff435878326a87 /etc/mc/mc.menu db466cd4ad95c9f925241d8da7cd0521 /etc/mc/Syntax cd9b2e40e74f53cb28ef9781846d7674 /etc/mc/extfs/extfs.ini e52e64da1a1d71447efb8fcdff8c619b /etc/mc/extfs/sfs.ini 92b11eec20bcbb0f54b98209dc4a19a0 Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files. -- Regards, Krasu.
$ LC_ALL=C aptitude hold mc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 45 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Writing extended state information... Done Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done $ LC_ALL=C aptitude safe-upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Reading task descriptions... Done The following packages have been kept back: libgtk1.2 x11-common xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-i810 xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo The following packages will be upgraded: mc 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 44 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/2140kB of archives. After unpacking 6402kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. $ apt-cache show mc Package: mc Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 6252 Maintainer: Debian MC Packaging Group <pkg-mc-de...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Architecture: i386 Version: 2:4.6.2~git20080311-4 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4), libslang2 (>= 2.0.7-1) Suggests: mime-support, perl, zip, unzip, bzip2, links | w3m | lynx, arj, file, xpdf, dbview, odt2txt Filename: pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.2~git20080311-4_i386.deb Size: 2140246 MD5sum: 088161530e6e78915cf097cf9af361ab SHA1: b48ee7034216049885408d2418bbf45f73a00170 SHA256: a7085645bdb9a020fc346d876a88548867cb4a9df176900bcffa50c4147fc0df Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files. Homepage: http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application, suite::gnu, use::browsing, use::organizing, works-with::file Package: mc Priority: optional Section: utils Installed-Size: 5396 Maintainer: Stefano Melchior <stefano.melch...@openlabs.it> Architecture: i386 Version: 1:4.6.1-6 Replaces: mc-common, manpages-pl (<= 20030210) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgpmg1 (>= 1.19.6-1), libslang2 (>= 2.0.6-3) Suggests: perl, mime-support, zip, unzip, bzip2, links | w3m | lynx, arj Conflicts: mc-common, suidmanager (<< 0.52) Filename: pool/main/m/mc/mc_4.6.1-6_i386.deb Size: 2137416 MD5sum: 4bb4d98e55a3d1ac547c043b8d76fccb SHA1: e27427dfc039d2ff2b4a6986ac4c62aa4f2632d4 SHA256: 152479cbcfbbd13843defd979d6b0a3a0507fc82d902357838908ee92962f986 Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files. Tag: interface::text-mode, role::program, scope::application, use::browsing, use::organizing, works-with::file Package: mc Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: utils Maintainer: http://www.linux.org.ru/whois.jsp?nick=Slavaz Architecture: i386 Version: 4.6.3-r329 Replaces: mc-common, manpages-pl (<= 20030210) Depends: libslang2, libglib2.0-0, libgpmg1 Conflicts: mc-common, suidmanager (<< 0.52) Conffiles: /etc/mc/cedit.menu 66ed79b711e0171be8fe31094f38b20b /etc/mc/edit.indent.rc 008c6d0205315a87a977c7cd74a1526e /etc/mc/edit.spell.rc 6c46bc0859a452b43f4fa7fb435b1325 /etc/mc/mc.charsets d59055016dbad2abe5cdf42ef199c92f /etc/mc/mc.ext c64ef84af35be52cf818b506832a1181 /etc/mc/mc.lib d71883563f603625e9ff435878326a87 /etc/mc/mc.menu db466cd4ad95c9f925241d8da7cd0521 /etc/mc/Syntax cd9b2e40e74f53cb28ef9781846d7674 /etc/mc/extfs/extfs.ini e52e64da1a1d71447efb8fcdff8c619b /etc/mc/extfs/sfs.ini 92b11eec20bcbb0f54b98209dc4a19a0 Description: midnight commander - a powerful file manager GNU Midnight Commander is a text-mode full-screen file manager. It uses a two panel interface and a subshell for command execution. It includes an internal editor with syntax highlighting and an internal viewer with support for binary files. Also included is Virtual Filesystem (VFS), that allows files on remote systems (e.g. FTP, SSH, SMB servers) and files inside archives to be manipulated like real files. $ LC_ALL=C aptitude --version aptitude 0.4.11.11 compiled at Dec 5 2008 02:43:34 Compiler: g++ 4.3.2 Compiled against: apt version 4.6.0 NCurses version 5.6 libsigc++ version: 2.0.18 Ept support enabled. Current library versions: NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20081213 cwidget version: 0.5.12 Apt version: 4.6.0