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3    <!entity % shareddata   SYSTEM "../release-notes.ent" > %shareddata;    <!entity % shareddata   SYSTEM "../release-notes.ent" > %shareddata;
4    <!entity docid "$Id: release-notes.en.sgml,v 1.59 2005-06-13 19:42:47 jfs Exp $">    <!entity docid "$Id: release-notes.en.sgml,v 1.60 2005-06-14 16:43:11 fjp Exp $">
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73  ]]>  ]]>
74              </p></item>              </p></item>
75    
76                <item><p><prgn/aptitude/ uses a different method for registering
77                packages that are on hold than <prgn/apt-get/ and <prgn/dselect/.
78                Properly document how hold status can be checked and set in
79                <ref id="upgrading">.</p></item>
80    
81            </list></p>            </list></p>
82    
83          </sect>          </sect>
# Line 532  $ dpkg -l aptitude Line 537  $ dpkg -l aptitude
537    
538            <p>It is desirable to remove any holds before upgrading. If any            <p>It is desirable to remove any holds before upgrading. If any
539            package that is essential for the upgrade is on hold, the upgrade            package that is essential for the upgrade is on hold, the upgrade
540            will fail. You can identify packages on hold with            will fail.
541    
542    <![ %has-woody-aptitude [
543              Note that <prgn/aptitude/ uses a different method for registering
544              packages that are on hold than <prgn/apt-get/ and <prgn/dselect/.
545              You can identify packages on hold for <prgn/aptitude/ with
546    
547            <example>            <example>
548  <!-- FJP: dpkg \-\-audit does not show held packages, at least not for Woody.  # aptitude search "~ahold" | grep "^.h"
549  # dpkg \-\-audit            </example></p>
550  -->  
551              <p>If you want to check which packages you had on hold for
552              <prgn/apt-get/, you should use
553    ]]>
554    <![ %no-woody-aptitude [
555              You can identify packages on hold with
556    ]]>
557              <example>
558  # dpkg --get-selections | grep hold  # dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
559            </example></p>            </example></p>
560    
# Line 546  $ dpkg -l aptitude Line 563  $ dpkg -l aptitude
563            it from being upgraded.            it from being upgraded.
564    
565  <![ %has-woody-aptitude [  <![ %has-woody-aptitude [
566            The `hold' package state can be changed by using <prgn/aptitude/:            The "hold" package state for <prgn/aptitude/ can be changed using
567              (replace <tt/hold/ with <tt/unhold/ to unset the "hold" state):
568    
569            <example>            <example>
570  # aptitude hold | unhold &lt;package name&gt;  # aptitude hold <var>package_name</var>
571            </example>            </example>
572  ]]>  ]]>
573  <![ %no-woody-aptitude [  <![ %no-woody-aptitude [
# Line 924  deb file:/var/ftp/debian &releasename; m Line 942  deb file:/var/ftp/debian &releasename; m
942            and/or perl. The solution proved to be to <tt>install aptitude perl</tt>            and/or perl. The solution proved to be to <tt>install aptitude perl</tt>
943            instead of <tt>install aptitude</tt>.</p>            instead of <tt>install aptitude</tt>.</p>
944    
945    <![ %no-woody-aptitude [
946              <p><prgn/aptitude/ uses a different method for registering packages
947              that are on hold than <prgn/apt-get/ and <prgn/dselect/. This means
948              that if you have any packages on hold, you will need to also set
949              them on hold for <prgn/aptitude/ before proceeding.</p>
950    
951              <p>First list packages on hold for <prgn/apt-get/ using:
952              <example>
953    # dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
954              </example></p>
955    
956              <p>Next set these same packages on hold for <prgn/aptitude/ with:
957              <example>
958    # aptitude hold <var>package_name</var>
959              </example></p>
960    
961              <p>You can check which packages are on hold for <prgn/aptitude/ using:
962              <example>
963    # aptitude search "~ahold" | grep "^.h"
964              </example></p>
965    ]]>
966    
967          </sect1>          </sect1>
968    
969          <sect1 id="upgrading_doc-base"><heading>Upgrading doc-base</heading>          <sect1 id="upgrading_doc-base"><heading>Upgrading doc-base</heading>
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