Bug#533264: release-notes: aptitude unhold is broken in etch

[Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>]

Dear aptitude maintainers,

The following bug was filed for the Lenny release notes:

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:38:30PM -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> 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+

Do you confirm that unhold does not work on Etch?

Do you think we should recommend this work-around?
(and probably drop the recommendation to use unhold until the Lenny ->
Squeeze upgrade recommendations)

Thanks in advance,
-- 
Nekral