microsoft / microsoft/winget-cli
winget pin won't pin packages with unknown version
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Description
Brief description of your issue
winget pin will not recognize or add packages which have an unknown version
Steps to reproduce
C:\Users\derri>winget add pin Lounge Lizard Session 4
No package found matching input criteria.
Package not found: Lounge
Multiple packages found matching input criteria. Please refine the input.
Name Id Source
Session Keeper 9NBLGGH2RVQZ msstore
Session Oxen.Session winget
Multiple packages found for: Session
Expected behavior
would expect these and other packages with similar statuses to be added to the pin list. Maybe this should be a feature request to exclude these packages from upgrades
Actual behavior
does not pin packages with unknown versions
Environment
Windows Package Manager v1.6.3133
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.22631.2792
System Architecture: X64
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.21.3133.0
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Research direction
Start with the winget pin command and reproduce the provided Lounge Lizard Session 4 input on the stated WinGet version. Trace how packages with unknown versions are handled, then verify that the intended pinning or upgrade-exclusion behavior is defined and covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100