Package: apt Version: 3.3.3 Severity: normal When the "3.0" solver is selected, apt-get and libapt-pkg do not respect APT::Ignore-Hold=1 (equivalently for the command line tools, --ignore-hold). The "internal" solver does respect it.
The following does NOT work as expected (held packages are still considered held): $ apt-get -s upgrade --solver 3.0 -o 'APT::Ignore-Hold=1' $ apt-get -s upgrade --solver 3.0 --ignore-hold $ apt-get -s upgrade -o 'APT::Ignore-Hold=1' $ apt-get -s upgrade --ignore-hold The following DOES work as expected (held packages are considered not held for the purpose of this invocation): $ apt-get -s upgrade --solver internal -o 'APT::Ignore-Hold=1' $ apt-get -s upgrade --solver internal --ignore-hold The same behaviour is observed if I use libapt-pkg via the python binding. Note: I do not want apt to just fall back to the "internal" solver when "APT::Ignore-Hold" is in effect because I want the sometimes-superior resolution produced by the "3.0" solver. I want the "3.0" resolution with the ability to temporarily ignore the "held" status of packages. -- Package-specific info: -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- (no /etc/apt/sources.list present) -- -- (/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.sources present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: forky/sid APT prefers stable-security APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 6.12.101+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages apt depends on: ii adduser 3.158 ii base-passwd 3.6.8 ii debian-archive-keyring 2025.1 ii libapt-pkg7.0 3.3.3 ii libc6 2.43-3 ii libgcc-s1 16.2.0-1 ii libseccomp2 2.6.1-1 ii libssl3t64 3.6.3-1 ii libstdc++6 16.2.0-1 ii libsystemd0 261.2-1 ii sqv 1.4.0-1 Versions of packages apt recommends: ii ca-certificates 20260601 Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> pn aptitude | synaptic | wajig <none> ii dpkg-dev 1.23.7 ii gnupg 2.4.9-7 ii powermgmt-base 1.39 -- no debconf information
