I have the Debian backport version of Kodi installed, 16.1. Due to an epoch number in DMO the update manager will tell me the old version, 5:14.2, is the newer version. To avoid going to an older version I chose to ignore Kodi updates.
Since the upgrade to Cinnamon 3.7 and/or the immediately preceding Update Manager update that old version keeps coming back up in Update Manager. If I just uncheck it and run updates it will not install and disappear until the next time I refresh to check for new updates or reboot. Considering reboot will cause it to check for updates a few minutes after the system is up I think the common denominator is refresh of the Manager.
I do also have the backported kernel, 4.9 and I don't have anything blacklisted in the update manager of the system I sometimes play with, which I just upgraded from 18.1 to 18.2. I don't know if either of those things affect this.
I have no idea of where to begin for solving this issue and haven't checked git hub yet to see if this is a reported bug. Is this a bug I would guess anyone trying to blacklist something will get this behavior and if so will someone who has a git hub account report it? If it isn't a bug but instead just a problem for me, what should be my next step to resolve this?
Update Manager blacklist bug? Cinnamon 3.7 [Solved]
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Re: Update Manager blacklist bug? Cinnamon 3.7
I guess you mean this bug:
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/issues/259
https://github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/issues/259
Re: Update Manager blacklist bug? Cinnamon 3.7
PMFJI but I was about to post when I came across this thread. I can confirm that it also happens in XFCE, so it's not desktop-specific.
What about "locking the version" (either in Synaptic or with command line)? I bet the package would still appear in the list of updates, but since it's locked, it wouldn't get updated, is that correct?
What about "locking the version" (either in Synaptic or with command line)? I bet the package would still appear in the list of updates, but since it's locked, it wouldn't get updated, is that correct?
Re: Update Manager blacklist bug? Cinnamon 3.7
I found out that the old trick that I've posted in this thread still works.
Re: Update Manager blacklist bug? Cinnamon 3.7
I've read the above thread and I think I gave a wrong advice. (I thought that locking in Synaptic and with apt-mark was the same.)
So, if the OP doesn't want to make use of this trick, then it would probably be better for him to use apt-mark.
So, if the OP doesn't want to make use of this trick, then it would probably be better for him to use apt-mark.
Re: Update Manager blacklist bug? Cinnamon 3.7
Yes, Monsta, I would assume it is the same bug and "sudo apt-mark hold kodi-bin" worked. Thank you. There are quite a few apt based commands and that is a new one for me.
dclement - I was aware synaptic and Update Manager are blacklisted differently. I prefer to use mintupdate for updates and Synaptic for installs and troubleshooting. With future Mint versions not having Synaptic by default I hope full functionality of what Synaptic can do will be integrated into mintinstall and mintupdate especially seeing as Mint seems to have a mentality of user-friendly interface, which is usually GUI solutions.
dclement - I was aware synaptic and Update Manager are blacklisted differently. I prefer to use mintupdate for updates and Synaptic for installs and troubleshooting. With future Mint versions not having Synaptic by default I hope full functionality of what Synaptic can do will be integrated into mintinstall and mintupdate especially seeing as Mint seems to have a mentality of user-friendly interface, which is usually GUI solutions.