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Bug#649782: marked as done (/usr/bin/apt-get: Wishlist: block - temporary pinning)

Your message dated Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:43:03 +0200
with message-id <20160620173727.GA5396@debian.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#649782: /usr/bin/apt-get: Wishlist: block - temporary pinning
has caused the Debian Bug report #649782,
regarding /usr/bin/apt-get: Wishlist: block - temporary pinning
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt

Version: 0.8.15.9
File: /usr/bin/apt-get
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

Occassionally on doing upgrades, I am informed by listbugs, of a bug, that I think is worth
waiting for a fix on.  Yes, a person probably could pin the package in question, and then at
some point in the future, unpin it.  But what if you forget?  I think it would be nice to "block"
a package (and its dependencies) for the purpose of a single apt-get (aptitude, synaptic, ...)
session.  Once a bug fix was issued, a person could stop blocking the package.

I'm a bit of a dinosaur, so my normal operating procedure is:
 apt-get update
 yes n | apt-get upgrade >& /tmp/upgrade.me
 less /tmp/upgrade.me
pick and choose among packages
 apt-get install list_of_packages

What I am thinking, is that if listbugs picks up a problem, a person does:
 apt-get install -b buggy_package list_of_packages


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "true";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::Authentication "";
APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^firmware-linux.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-firmware$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^kfreebsd-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-ubuntu-modules-.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach$";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^gnumach-image.*";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections "";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/metapackages";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "restricted/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "universe/oldlibs";
APT::Never-MarkAuto-Sections:: "multiverse/oldlibs";
APT::Architectures "";
APT::Architectures:: "i386";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::mirrors "mirrors/";
Dir::State::extended_states "extended_states";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::netrc "auth.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Etc::preferencesparts "preferences.d";
Dir::Etc::trusted "trusted.gpg";
Dir::Etc::trustedparts "trusted.gpg.d";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
Dir::Media "";
Dir::Media::MountPath "/media/apt";
Dir::Log "var/log/apt";
Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log";
Dir::Log::History "history.log";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently "";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "~$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.disabled$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.bak$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.dpkg-[a-z]+$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.save$";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently:: "\.orig$";
Acquire "";
Acquire::cdrom "";
Acquire::cdrom::mount "/media/cdrom/";
Acquire::Languages "";
Acquire::Languages:: "en";
Acquire::Languages:: "none";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs apt || exit 10";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/sbin/apt-listbugs::Version "2";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/sbin/update-dpsyco || true";
CommandLine "";
CommandLine::AsString "apt-config dump";

-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# 
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070407-11:29]/ etch contrib main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 20070407-11:29]/ etch contrib main

deb http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

deb http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

#deb http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
#deb-src http://mirrors.ece.ubc.ca/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2010.08.28      
ii  gnupg                   1.4.11-3        
ii  libc6                   2.13-21         
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.6.2-4       
ii  libstdc++6              4.6.2-4         
ii  zlib1g                  1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc     0.8.15.9 
ii  aptitude    0.6.4-1.2
ii  bzip2       1.0.5-7  
ii  dpkg-dev    1.16.1.1 
ii  lzma        4.43-14  
ii  python-apt  0.8.0    
ii  synaptic    0.75.3   

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 03:18:58PM -0700, Gordon Haverland wrote:
> Package: apt
> 
> Version: 0.8.15.9
> File: /usr/bin/apt-get
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> Occassionally on doing upgrades, I am informed by listbugs, of a bug, that I think is worth
> waiting for a fix on.  Yes, a person probably could pin the package in question, and then at
> some point in the future, unpin it.  But what if you forget?  I think it would be nice to "block"
> a package (and its dependencies) for the purpose of a single apt-get (aptitude, synaptic, ...)
> session.  Once a bug fix was issued, a person could stop blocking the package.
> 
> I'm a bit of a dinosaur, so my normal operating procedure is:
>  apt-get update
>  yes n | apt-get upgrade >& /tmp/upgrade.me
>  less /tmp/upgrade.me
> pick and choose among packages
>  apt-get install list_of_packages
> 
> What I am thinking, is that if listbugs picks up a problem, a person does:
>  apt-get install -b buggy_package list_of_packages
> 
Hi Gordon,

you can do that since some time using

	buggy_package/now   to prevent an upgrade
	buggy_package-	    to cause a package to not be installed

So for example, to upgrade everything except foo, do:
	apt upgrade foo/now
To install some packages but prevent foo from being installed
	apt install foo- pkg1 pkg2
Upgrade system, but do not install foo:
	apt upgrade foo-
(order in which packages are specified does not matter)

I am thus closing the bug.

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