Kali template for 4.0 updated

[kaliQubes1]

Thank you so much for your answers, @unman !

Things are much clearer to me now!

1. OK, I will try that

2. I thought that method worked only for text file. Thanks for the tip!

3. Great explanation! Great feeling to understand what’s going on and… Why!

4. Explained under 3 ==> OK

5. &6. So if I understand correctly, I should go in my kali template and type:

   1. To update every packages in the template without touching Qubes packages:

      1. sudo apt-mark hold qubes-*

         NB: I get (among many other lines): qubes-core-agent set on hold.

         Or would have sudo apt-mark hold qubes-core-* been sufficient?

      2. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

         I am applying those commands to a kali template I had made by myself (which might be “broken” as a consequence of what you explained in 3) and I get as as result (among many other lines): Processing triggers for qubes-core-agent (4.0.61-1+deb11u1) ...

         Is it normal that I see this line? I mean qubes-core-agent was supposed to be set on hold, so how can triggers for a package on hold be processed?

   2. Then to upgrade the qubes-* packages:

      1. sudo apt-mark unhold qubes-*

      2. sudo apt-mark showhold

         Noting appears ==> Fine!

      3. sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

         I guess the sudo apt update is not really necessary here since apt was anyway updated just before.

         NB: Only qubes-usb-proxy needs to be upgraded in my present case ==> Fine

   3. Prepare for the next update && upggrade a.k.a. restoring the hold:

      • sudo apt-mark hold qubes-*

@unman

That’s fine: I hope this is readable.

It is exactly the kind of explanations I was looking for!! The feeling of understanding is great!!

@unman

This is the source of much confusion and pain for people who don’t check to see what the package manager will be doing.

I can confirm this! It was due to a lack of knowledge, though. So great to know it won’t happen anymore!!!

Could you check my last questions here above to be sure I fully understand the details? Hopefully, this will be a great resource on the forum too because I’m pretty sure I was not the only guy not understanding what is happening!

Many thanks again, @unman!!