On 2017-08-02 at 14:44, Felix Miata wrote: > Christoph Groth composed on 2017-08-02 17:44 (UTC+0200): > >> I'm running Debian testing and would like to upgrade from >> "oldtesting" (jessie) to current testing. I noticed that 'apt >> upgrade' as well as 'apt-get upgrade' want to install the package >> 'pulsaudio' which I've been avoiding successfully so far. > >> I could of course uninstall pulseaudio after the upgrade, but I >> wonder whether a more elegant solution does not exist. > > I wonder if this is a consequence of Firefox's recently added pulseaudio > requirement for providing sound? > > I avoid installing individual packages, rather than via pinning, in this > manner: > > apt-mark hold pulseaudio
The reason I don't use this, for the most part, is that A: it doesn't produce the same behavior in the apt-get dependency resolver, and B: last time I checked, you couldn't "hold" a package in a "not installed" state. Describing it rigorously gets wordy and dense, but basically, in my experience held packages lead to apt-get reporting "you have requested an impossible situation" (in terms of dependency resolution) in situations where pinned packages lead to apt-get finding an alternate dependency solution (usually one which involves holding back other packages). -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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