[Bug 1732946] Re: Firefox 57 ignores package on halt

[EricDHH]

Happens on ubuntumate 17.10 and ubuntustudio 17.10 the same way.

Why did this update without questioning the user? Do firefox itself
trigger the unattended update?

>From history.log

Start-Date: 2017-11-17  15:17:48
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5)
End-Date: 2017-11-17  15:17:56

Start-Date: 2017-11-17  15:18:04
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox-locale-de:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.
10.5)
End-Date: 2017-11-17  15:18:05

So remove the wrong version and install the older one, with setting HOLD

Start-Date: 2017-11-17  15:24:32
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Requested-By: eric (1000)
Remove: firefox-locale-de:amd64 (57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), firefox-locale-e
n:amd64 (57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5), firefox:amd64 (57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.1
0.5), gimp-help-de:amd64 (2.8.2-0.1), gimp-help-en:amd64 (2.8.2-0.1)
End-Date: 2017-11-17  15:24:34

Start-Date: 2017-11-17  15:26:16
Commandline: packagekit role='install-files'
Requested-By: eric (1000)
Install: firefox:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1)
End-Date: 2017-11-17  15:26:24

Start-Date: 2017-11-17  15:26:48
Commandline: packagekit role='install-files'
Requested-By: eric (1000)
Install: firefox-locale-de:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1)
End-Date: 2017-11-17  15:26:49

Whoops, unattended upgrade while packages on hold after boot

Start-Date: 2017-11-18  11:07:07
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5)
End-Date: 2017-11-18  11:07:16

Start-Date: 2017-11-18  11:07:20
Commandline: /usr/bin/unattended-upgrade
Upgrade: firefox-locale-de:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.
10.5), firefox:amd64 (56.0+build6-0ubuntu1, 57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5)
End-Date: 2017-11-18  11:07:29

So downgrading the pieces again by hand and set hold again

Start-Date: 2017-11-18  11:50:44
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Requested-By: eric (1000)
Downgrade: firefox-locale-de:amd64 (57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5, 56.0+build6-0u
buntu1)
End-Date: 2017-11-18  11:50:45

Start-Date: 2017-11-18  11:53:04
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Requested-By: eric (1000)
Downgrade: firefox:amd64 (57.0+build4-0ubuntu0.17.10.5, 56.0+build6-0ubuntu1)
End-Date: 2017-11-18  11:53:12

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