Public bug reported:
When running an 'aptitude update' for the very first time, it seems to
clear up any hold flags that were previous put in place via 'apt-mark
hold <package>'.
1:
root@cb-qa-lb-1:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Release: 18.04
2:
root@cb-qa-lb-1:~# apt-cache policy aptitude
aptitude:
Installed: 0.8.10-6ubuntu1
Candidate: 0.8.10-6ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 0.8.10-6ubuntu1 500
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3:
When a 'hold' flag is set on a package, it should be kept. Doing an 'aptitude
update' should not be clearing these package flags. This is not the case as
the hold flag is getting removed.
4:
All 'hold' flags on packages that were previously set get cleared.
Upon running 'aptitude update', it seems to create
/var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates, and also update /var/lib/dpkg/status, which
seems to remove any flags on packages that were present.
Pastebin here with some output: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/VF6kQRbSmf/
This only seems to happen when running 'aptitude update' on an initial
run. Doing an 'apt update' does not cause any issue.
Note that running subsequent 'aptitude update' with
/var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates already existing does not seem to cause any
issue anymore and any hold flags that get set are kept.
** Affects: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Running 'aptitude update' clears hold flags on packages
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