> (1) burp 2.0.54 is not in a repo, only locally installed That is correct.
Output as requested: # apt-cache policy burp burp: Installed: 2.0.54-1 Candidate: 2.0.54-1 Package pin: 2.0.54-1 Version table: *** 2.0.54-1 1000 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 1.3.48-4.1 1000 500 https://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1821308 Title: apt-get upgrade ignores pinning preferences since 1.0.1ubuntu2.22 Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in apt source package in Trusty: Triaged Bug description: I have updated apt this morning: Start-Date: 2019-03-22 09:36:18 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade Upgrade: apt:amd64 (1.0.1ubuntu2.20, 1.0.1ubuntu2.22), ... Afterwards, apt-get ignores my pinning preferences: # apt-get --dry-run upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Calculating upgrade... Done The following packages will be DOWNGRADED: burp 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Inst burp [2.0.54-1] (1.3.48-4 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64]) Conf burp (1.3.48-4 Ubuntu:14.04/trusty [amd64]) # cat /etc/apt/preferences.d/burp.pref Package: burp Pin: version 2.0.54* Pin-Priority: 1000 This might be caused by bug 1814727 as it's the only thing I can see in the changelog regarding apt/pinning. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1821308/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp