Synaptic needs to rebuilt against new apt on pre-extras

[Alex Lancaster]

>>>>> "PM" == Panu Matilainen  writes:

>> So after upgrading apt (and removing synaptic), I tried
>> re-installing synaptic and it appears that synaptic needs to be
>> rebuilt against the new apt:

PM> Oh, indeed. Seth: don't bother rebuilding the rather ancient
PM> version of Synaptic currently in pre-extras, somebody with CVS
PM> commit access should import a current version of it to CVS (I
PM> think Ville is about to do this but the sooner the better...):
PM> http://fedora.laiskiainen.org/SRPMS.extras/synaptic-0.55.3-1.src.rpm

I rebuilt this SRPMS on my system and installed it and it seems to
work fine.  One thing I did notice is that the ability to "hold"
packages (which is claimed to have been added back in upstream
according to the NEWS file) does not appear to be available.

Alex