Re: apt-mark hold issue (apt Installed: 1.8.2 armhf)

[Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk>]

On 18/04/2020 21:02, Sven Hartge wrote:

Michael Howard <mike@dewberryfields.co.uk> wrote:

I've not used apt-mark much (or it's previous methods) so I'm a bit
confused by what I'm seeing.

If I use 'apt-mark hold <package1> <package2>' and then 'apt-mark 
showhold' I get '<package1> <package2>' listed.

If I then do 'apt-mark hold <package3>' followed by 'apt-mark showhold' 
I get only '<package3>' listed. This can't be right, surely?

Sorry, I can't reproduce this, here on Debian 10:

,----
| root@server:~ # apt-mark showhold
| root@server:~ # apt-mark hold bash dash
| bash set on hold.
| dash set on hold.
| root@server:~ # apt-mark showhold
| bash
| dash
| root@server:~ # apt-mark hold xterm
| xterm set on hold.
| root@server:~ # apt-mark showhold
| bash
| dash
| xterm
`----

But:

,----
| root@server:~ # apt-mark showhold xterm
| xterm
| root@server:~ # apt-mark showhold gzip
| root@server:~ # 
`----

Please show the exact commands and their exact output.

Grüße,
Sven.

Uhm, weird. It might be to do with the packages I was playing with.

root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold
root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold bash
bash set on hold.
root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold
bash
root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold dash
dash set on hold.
root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold
bash
dash

All good so far.

root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold sudo sudo-ldap
sudo set on hold.
sudo-ldap set on hold.
root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold
bash
dash
sudo
sudo-ldap

Still good, but then,

root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark hold xterm
xterm set on hold.
root@bamford:/etc# apt-mark showhold
bash
dash
xterm
root@bamford:/etc#

Is that expected?

-- 
Michael Howard