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I have put a hold on one of the packages via apt-mark hold cmake but when installing some dependencies for some software, the software's automatic package update script is trying to update lots of packages via apt-get install package1 package2 cmake etc. This causes my build script to halt and the software's package update script throws following error:

E: Held packages were changed and -y was used without --allow-change-held-packages. ERROR! apt-get failed to install requested packages, exiting.

I wonder, how can I hold a package and at the same time make apt-get somehow ignore any new updates on it without breaking?

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  • Can you simply edit the "software's package update script" to remove the cmake entry? (Why is an 'upgrade script' necessary on a deb-based system?)
    – user535733
    Feb 25, 2020 at 3:14
  • @user535733 No unfortunately that is out of my control cause it's nested into some other packages that goes down many levels (maybe 10)
    – Amir
    Feb 25, 2020 at 3:47
  • Can you un-hold the package, and downgrade it (and re-hold it) after the script has done it's work?
    – user535733
    Feb 25, 2020 at 3:49

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