Re: pinning + apt-get vs aptitude
On 2010-05-19 16:06 +0200, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 05:54:27PM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> was heard to say:
>> Sven Joachim wrote:
>> >>The following packages will be REMOVED:
>> >>... grub-legacy{a} ...
>
> [snip]
>
>> >>The following NEW packages will be installed:
>> >>... grub-pc{a} ...
>> >>
>> >>So why does aptitude pay no attention to my pin?
>> >
>> >Because it decides that the grub-legacy package is unused and can be
>> >removed despite the pin. Whether this is the right thing is debatable;
>> >I'm sure you find some bug reports about that if you dig into the long
>> >list of aptitude bugs.
>> >
>>
>> That explains it well, thanks
>
> It probably won't help, though. If grub-legacy was unused, it would
> say "grub-legacy{u}". Instead it says "grub-legacy{a}", indicating that
> it was forced off the system by a conflicting package.
Right, thanks. You can see in Hugo's initial posting that he has the
grub package installed which would pull in grub-pc.
Sven
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