[OE-core] [PATCH 00/11] Update the way we control the construction of filesystems

[Burton, Ross]

On 14 August 2013 21:41, Mark Hatle <mark.hatle at windriver.com> wrote:
>> able to do this with dpkg by setting the package state to
>> "not-installed hold".
>
>
> I tried that and it did not work.  The hold semantic in dpkg/apt-get appears
> to say once it's installed keep it at a specific version.  But it doesn't
> allow you to hold in the not-installed mode.
>
> (I'd be more then happy for someone to prove me wrong btw..)  I tried
> everything from setting special Pin-Priorities to playing with the state
> file, etc.. eventually I gave up and made it a warning instead.  (This is
> not a regression BTW, it has never worked in the past... it's just
> functionality someone may want.)

Shame, I'm sure I'd seen this behaviour in aptitude.  Maybe that's an
aptitude extension.

Ross