Dear aptitude maintainers, The following bug was filed for the Lenny release notes:
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:38:30PM -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote: > Package: release-notes > Version: lenny > Severity: normal > > Section 4.2.3. Checking packages status says: > > -----------<snip>----------- > It is desirable to remove any holds before upgrading. > <snip> > package state for aptitude can be changed using: > > # aptitude hold package_name > > Replace hold with unhold to unset the "hold" state. > -----------<snip>----------- > > The last sentence is wrong. Aptitude unhold is broken > in etch and does nothing (AFIK). The work-around is to > instead do: > > aptitude install package_name+ Do you confirm that unhold does not work on Etch? Do you think we should recommend this work-around? (and probably drop the recommendation to use unhold until the Lenny -> Squeeze upgrade recommendations) Thanks in advance, -- Nekral -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
