Bug#312351: woody -> sarge: package on hold upgraded anyway

[Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 09:02:22AM -0700, Paul Telford wrote:
> Upgrade sequence:
>  - updated sources.list
>  - dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
>    # Noted that one package, 'mantis', was intentionally on hold
>  - apt-get install aptitude
>  - aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade
>    # Watch as mantis gets upgraded anyway
>  - dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
>    # Mantis still marked as on hold
> 
> 
> The release notes state:
>   If you changed and recompiled a package locally, and didn't rename it or
>   put an epoch in the version, you must put it on hold to prevent it from
>   being upgraded.
> 
> 
> I expected that my package and any dependencies would not be upgraded, or
> that aptitude would give me an error message if this somehow caused an
> unresolvable situation.  Unfortunately, it upgraded the package anyway,
> wiping out some local changes.  Not catastrophic in this case, but
> contrary to the information in the release notes at least.

I think this is bug #146207.

Cheers,
Bill.