nodejs gets upgraded if defined version is lower than OS version

[Damian Oscik]

Steps to reproduce

• define nodejs_version: "14.x"
• run playbook on Debian 12 (bookworm)
• node --version returns something like v14.X.Y
• run apt upgrade on the machine
• node --version returns something like v18.X.Y

Expected result

apt upgrade should not upgrade nodejs package, even if the defined nodejs_version is lower than the one that comes per default with operating system.

Possible solution

I'm not sure how good it is, but I solved it with

- name: prevent nodejs package from being upgraded
  ansible.builtin.dpkg_selections:
    name: nodejs
    selection: hold

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