Re: aptitude trap: 'hold' directives not honored.

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Karsten M. Self wrote:
on Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:55:27PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 

on Fri, May 21, 2004 at 12:46:59PM -0700, Karsten M. Self ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Turns out to be a two year old bug.  This colors my opinion of aptitude
very negatively:
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=146207
   

...and:
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=137771
There are apparently three package selection databases.  These should be
either unified or cross-validated:
 - dpkg
 - apt
 - aptitude
Anyone else running into this?
 

Yes.
I was alternating between dselect and aptitude for a while, being 
careful to update in the applicable medium on each occasion before 
upgrading, or just installing/removing single packages. Essentially I 
was just looking for a preferred flavour of package manager.
In the end, I didn't know where I was.
I'm sticking with just aptitude at the moment to cut down on variables.
Regards,

David.
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