Re: Bug#71049: apt/dselect ignores hold on forced package with missing dependency

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca>]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Daniel Barclay wrote:

> The fact that apt and dselect don't abide by the hold status would seem to 
> be a bug.  Is it?  

When using APT it is not possible to have the situation you want. It is
very insistent that all deps be met - that is part of why it exists.

I recommend a few possible solutions:
  + Edit the status file to fix that dependency and hold the
    package
  + Rebuild the package and fix the dependency
  + Use something like equivs..

Jason