[Bug 418809] Re: synaptic "Lock Version" not heeded in partial upgrade.

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: python-apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  synaptic "Lock Version" not heeded in partial upgrade.

Status in “python-apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  Don't think this is related to bug #13408, because I only experience
  this on partial upgrades.

  Steps:
  1) Lock a PPA version of a package (Frescobaldi) in synaptic, so that it does not install the Ubuntu repository version. (FYI, the repo version has different dependencies that I don't want).
  2) On normal updates, the update-manager will now ignore that package.
  3) If some other package triggers a partial upgrade, update-manager will try to upgrade frescobaldi along with its dependencies, forcing me to uninstall it, do the partial upgrade, force the version I want to reinstall, and then lock it back every time there's a partial upgrade.

  Partial upgrades should listen to the version lock as well, in my
  opinion.

  I'm on Karmic, with update-manager version 1:0.124.8

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