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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:

-----------<snip>-----------
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. 
-----------<snip>-----------

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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