Re: Different weird update by apt-get and aptitude

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2013-11-07 18:33 +0100, Bob Proulx wrote:

> Sven Joachim wrote:
>> 
>> Here the difference is that "apt-get dist-upgrade" insists on pulling in
>> any removed essential packages, while "aptitude full-upgrade" leaves
>> those alone.  Both approaches have their disadvantages, although I
>> consider aptitude's behavior the lesser evil.
>
> Ah...  I did not know that!
>
> So then to preserve the upstart configuration would you recommend
> marking it as 'hold' so that apt-get won't consider the action in the
> future?  I think this is needed.
>
>   apt-mark hold upstart
>
> I tested that in a VM and it seemed to avoid the problem of it being
> presented as an upgrade candidate.

While this might avoid removal of upstart in favor of sysvinit, it will
also prevent upgrades of upstart which is probably not really desired.

Cheers,
       Sven