Bug#533264: release-notes: aptitude unhold is broken in etch
Package: release-notes
Version: lenny
Severity: normal
Section 4.2.3. Checking packages status says:
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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.
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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+
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers oldstable
APT policy: (500, 'oldstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-6-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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