Re: Security updates for hold package
On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:00:30 +0200
Frank <frank@dead-link.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> can anybody explain to me what exactly happens if I place a package on
> hold? I have an application which unfortunately requires an older php
> version.
> If I now mark the package "hold" does this mean no major upgrade will be
> performed for this package or do I prevent security updates as well,
> with that action?
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
>
No upgrades (changes) will be performed, but you can pin package to
e.g. "version 1.0*". But if your package in repo gets upgraded to 1.1
then all security upgrades will be based on 1.1 and again you loose
security upgrades. It can make sense only if both versions are
parallely supported but it's usualy not so in same repo, but if you
enable e.g. deb-multimedia, and deb-multimedia has newer version, but
you want version from standard repo, then you can pin to version from
standard repo with wilecard to ensure security upgrades from standard
repo and block major upgrades (other repo).
Kind regards
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