#874015 aptitude: forgets selection state for package downgrade

Package:
aptitude
Source:
aptitude
Description:
terminal-based package manager
Submitter:
Yann Dirson
Date:
2017-11-14 22:48:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#874015#5
Date:
2017-09-01 22:22:56 UTC
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To:
Let's choose a package tha is a candidate for upgrade (previous testing
version is installed, and more recent than current stable version).

If I select it for upgrade to testing and quit aptitude, the selected
version is still selected when I launch aptitude again.

Now if I select it for downgrade and quit, then on next launch
not only the downgrading choice is lost, but the package is now selected
for *upgrade*.

Combine this with a bug like #874012, where for some reason it seems to reset
selections as if user had quit and relaunched, and a time-consuming
selection of packages while attempting to restore a broken situation
just gets frustratingly lost.
#874015#10
Date:
2017-11-14 22:44:02 UTC
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To:
Hi Yann,

2017-09-02 00:22 Yann Dirson:

That's odd.  Is Auto-Upgrade enabled?

There is no mention in that report about missing selections :-?


Cheers.