[Bug 75332] Re: Held back packages not ignored by update-manager

[Daniel Hartwig]

No program is encouraged to interface with aptitude holds, these are
very soon to be replaced by the universal dpkg holds.

** Changed in: update-manager
       Status: New => Invalid

** Summary changed:

- Held back packages not ignored by update-manager
+ aptitude has private package holds, should use dpkg

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Title:
  aptitude has private package holds, should use dpkg

Status in Software Updater:
  Invalid
Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “aptitude” package in Debian:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When I make packages held back (I don't want to upgrade due to a bug
  in the newest version which makes it unusable) in aptitude, update-
  manager still wants to upgrade this package. Apt-get and aptitude  do
  the right thing though.

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