Bug#276655: Bug 276655

2014-03-27 Thread Andreas Cadhalpun
Hi Vlad, On 27.03.2014 12:38, Vlad Orlov wrote: Until this is fixed, we use a little trick to make apt-get recognize Synaptic's locks: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=199&t=150313#p785785 For the record, the workaround is: sudo ln -s /var/lib/synaptic/preferences /etc/apt/prefere

Bug#276655: Bug 276655

2014-03-27 Thread Vlad Orlov
Thanks for looking into this almost 10 year old bug :) Until this is fixed, we use a little trick to make apt-get recognize Synaptic's locks: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=199&t=150313#p785785 Basically it makes Synaptic's pinning system-wide.