Bug#726174: apt: APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New installs new packages when depending package isn't upgraded
On Wed, 4 Jun 2014 16:22:04 -0400 Felipe Sateler wrote:
> James McCoy wrote:
>
> > If a package is pinned to prevent an upgrade, but the candidate version
> > has new dependencies, apt will install those even though the depending
> > package isn't being upgraded.
>
> This also happens when a package cannot be upgraded due to dependency
> conflicts. If package 'ugrademe' has a conflict and cannot be installed, it
> will still pull in the new dependencies.
>
> Attached is a test case of this behavior.
>
> Adding the --auto-remove option makes the test pass, FWIW.
It seems the bug has been fixed in the meantime, or at least the
version this testcase tests. It now passes (as of 08407b8).
Saludos
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