** Summary changed: - apt-get doesn't use the same pinning as synaptic + synaptic: ‘Lock Version’ is broken; use dpkg hold
** Description changed: + ‘Lock Version’ in Synaptic uses apt_preferences(5) (“pinning”). This is + never recognized by non-Apt tools, e.g. dpkg. Also, as these settings + are stored in a file private to Synaptic, other Apt tools do not + recognize them either. + + This feature is to be removed. In its place implement support for dpkg + holds which are handled properly by all Apt and Dpkg tools. + + * Original Description + this is minor annoyance. but I figured, this might as well be a bug which might need to be fixed bf dapper comes out. I mean, I'm pretty sure I'll be pinning fx 1.5 in Dapper, when fx 2.0 comes out... here is the problem: I have fx 1.5.0.2 thus don't need the 1.0.8 update. I pinned it (and its friend, shown below) to 1.0.7 using synaptic's packages>lock version, but when I do apt-get upgrade, it still wants to upgrade firefox. synaptic is just fine, it doesn't prompt me to update fx. here is the output for your viewing pleasure: Code: - :~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade - Reading package lists... - Done Building dependency tree... - Done - The following packages will be upgraded: - firefox firefox-gnome-support - 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. - Inst firefox-gnome-support [1.0.7-0ubuntu20] (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) [] - Inst firefox [1.0.7-0ubuntu20] (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) - Conf firefox (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) + :~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade + Reading package lists... + Done Building dependency tree... + Done + The following packages will be upgraded: + firefox firefox-gnome-support + 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. + Inst firefox-gnome-support [1.0.7-0ubuntu20] (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) [] + Inst firefox [1.0.7-0ubuntu20] (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) + Conf firefox (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) Conf firefox-gnome-support (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) both of these were supposed to be pinned by synaptic... Here is my cat /var/lib/synaptic/preferences ------------- Package: firefox Pin: version 1.0.7-0ubuntu20 Pin-Priority: 1001 Package: firefox-gnome-support Pin: version 1.0.7-0ubuntu20 Pin-Priority: 1001 -------------- I don't have a /etc/apt/preferences which is ok Thanks. -- 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: synaptic: ‘Lock Version’ is broken; use dpkg hold 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
