[BUG] pkg.hold and pkg.unhold without any effect on Debian
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Description
Description
calling pkg.hold and pkg.unhold doesn't have any effect on Debian.
Tested with 3005.1+ds-4 (onedir) on Debian 11 and 3004.2+ds-1 (classic) on Debian 9.
Setup
- classic packaging
- onedir packaging
- used bootstrap to install
Steps to Reproduce the behavior
root@master:~# apt install cowsay
[...]
root@master:~# dpkg -l|grep cowsay
ii cowsay 3.03+dfsg2-8 all configurable talking cow
root@master:~# salt-call pkg.hold cowsay
local:
----------
cowsay:
----------
changes:
----------
comment:
Package cowsay is set to be held.
name:
cowsay
result:
None
root@master:~# dpkg -l|grep cowsay
ii cowsay 3.03+dfsg2-8 all configurable talking cow
Expected behavior
The package should be set to hold like 'apt-mark hold' does:
root@master:~# dpkg -l|grep cowsay
ii cowsay 3.03+dfsg2-8 all configurable talking cow
root@master:~# apt-mark hold cowsay
cowsay set on hold.
root@master:~# dpkg -l|grep cowsay
hi cowsay 3.03+dfsg2-8 all configurable talking cow
Versions Report
root@master:~# salt-call --versions-report
Salt Version:
Salt: 3005.1
Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.14.6
cherrypy: 18.6.1
dateutil: 2.8.1
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 3.1.0
libgit2: Not Installed
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 1.0.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
pycparser: 2.21
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.9.8
pygit2: Not Installed
Python: 3.9.16 (main, Jan 6 2023, 22:49:58)
python-gnupg: 0.4.8
PyYAML: 5.4.1
PyZMQ: 23.2.0
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.4
System Versions:
dist: debian 11 bullseye
locale: utf-8
machine: x86_64
release: 5.10.0-21-amd64
system: Linux
version: Debian GNU/Linux 11 bullseye
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