Holding back the base-files package

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I have been doing some more research on this and found another solution that for me is preferable to 'apt-mark hold'. For the brave, try the following:

Code:

sudo leafpad /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/local

this will open a blank file, paste the following into it:

Code:

Dpkg::Options {   "--force-confdef";   "--force-confold"; }

Save and close. When you run updates, the 2 prompts for 'lsb-release' and 'issue' are now automatically answered 'N' without any user interaction. Explanations: --force-confdef: ask dpkg to decide alone when it can and prompt otherwise. This is the default behavior of dpkg and this option is mainly useful in combination with --force-confold. --force-confold: do not modify the current configuration file, the new version is installed with a .dpkg-dist suffix. With this option alone, even configuration files that you have not modified are left untouched. You need to combine it with --force-confdef to let dpkg overwrite configuration files that you have not modified. Tested on a fresh install of LL 2.0