Re: aptitude is dangerous - any replacement?
On 2017-03-21 16:21:25 +0100, Nemeth Gyorgy wrote:
> 2017-03-21 14:38 keltezéssel, Vincent Lefevre írta:
> > Yes, but one can't exclude a package listed by apt-listbugs.
>
> You can. Just press 'h' (hold), and don't continue apt-get.
I didn't know that apt-listbugs could do that. This is not documented
and I've never tried.
> On the next apt-get start this package will be in 'hold' state. And
> later apt-listbugs will unhold the package automatically when the
> bug is closed.
One problem is that maintainers sometimes forget to close bugs
(in particular if the bug has been fixed by upstream). It would
be better to ask again when a new version is available (a bit
like aptitude's "freeze" feature).
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