[Bug 42178] Re: apt-get doesn't use the same pinning as synaptic

[emarkay]

FWIW the last few posts confirm this could cause loss of work via
unintended or unwanted action on a part of Ubuntu, yet it's been demoted
in priority.  This isn't a cosmetic or "fluff" issue, it relates to a
fundamental concept that is flawed; intentionally protecting something
by marking "pinned" it is ignored by the program in question.

Can this priority be elevated or at least reviewed?

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Title:
  apt-get doesn't use the same pinning as synaptic

Status in The synaptic package manager:
  New
Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  this is minor annoyance. but I figured, this might as well be a bug
  which might need to be fixed bf dapper comes out. I mean, I'm pretty
  sure I'll be pinning fx 1.5 in Dapper, when fx 2.0 comes out...

  here is the problem:

  I have fx 1.5.0.2 thus don't need the 1.0.8 update. I pinned it (and
  its friend, shown below) to 1.0.7 using synaptic's packages>lock
  version, but when I do apt-get upgrade, it still wants to upgrade
  firefox. synaptic is just fine, it doesn't prompt me to update fx.
  here is the output for your viewing pleasure:

  Code:
  :~$ sudo apt-get -s upgrade 
  Reading package lists... 
  Done Building dependency tree... 
  Done 
  The following packages will be upgraded: 
  firefox firefox-gnome-support 
  2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 
  Inst firefox-gnome-support [1.0.7-0ubuntu20] (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) [] 
  Inst firefox [1.0.7-0ubuntu20] (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) 
  Conf firefox (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security) 
  Conf firefox-gnome-support (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.10 Ubuntu:5.10/breezy-security)

  both of these were supposed to be pinned by synaptic...

  Here is my cat /var/lib/synaptic/preferences
  -------------
  Package: firefox
  Pin: version 1.0.7-0ubuntu20
  Pin-Priority: 1001

  Package: firefox-gnome-support
  Pin: version 1.0.7-0ubuntu20
  Pin-Priority: 1001
  --------------

  I don't have a /etc/apt/preferences which is ok

  Thanks.

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