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Bug#312351: woody -> sarge: package on hold upgraded anyway



Package: upgrade-reports

Archive date: Sun Jun  5 20:00:01 UTC 2005
Upgrade date: Monday June 6
uname -a: Linux zaphod 2.4.27-pa4 #2 Wed Nov 3 08:18:42 PST 2004 parisc GNU/Linux
Method: aptitude


Upgrade sequence:
 - updated sources.list
 - dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
   # Noted that one package, 'mantis', was intentionally on hold
 - apt-get install aptitude
 - aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade
   # Watch as mantis gets upgraded anyway
 - dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
   # Mantis still marked as on hold


The release notes state:
  If you changed and recompiled a package locally, and didn't rename it or
  put an epoch in the version, you must put it on hold to prevent it from
  being upgraded.


I expected that my package and any dependencies would not be upgraded, or
that aptitude would give me an error message if this somehow caused an
unresolvable situation.  Unfortunately, it upgraded the package anyway,
wiping out some local changes.  Not catastrophic in this case, but
contrary to the information in the release notes at least.



 Paul.

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