On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 11:47:24AM -0800, James Kirk wrote: > Does anyone else (who still uses dselect) find that > dselect does not respect holds ? A couple of packages > (tetex-bin, gramofile) I've installed have > recommends/suggests (texi2html, mctools-lite, cddb) > that don't interest me. I marked them hold in the > dependecies conflict resolution window that popped up > when I first selected tetex-bin and gramofile. > > However, everytime I use dselect, I am presented with > these same recommends/suggests.
When you put a package on hold, it means that you have that package installed and want to keep the current version instead of upgrading to a newer one. If you don't need these packages, then I suggest you remove or purge them. Mostly when I have a package A on hold `=' and package B wants to take it off hold and install it `*', then package B is depending on a newer version of A than is currently installed. That newer version may or may not be available. B apparently can't work with the current version of A. Browsing through the conflict dependency screen in dselect should give more info on what exactly is the problem and why some packages are being taken `off hold'. You may want to share that info with us or list what versions of these packages you have. BTW, I notice a line in the info on texi2html version 1.66-1.2: Replaces: tetex-bin (<< 1.0.7) Might this somehow cause problems on your system? I'm not sure if this post was helpful. Basically, when a package recommends another package that you don't care about you can decline to install it or you can follow dselects lead and agree to install it. But don't put it on hold. That would mean that you keep the current version which doesn't make much sense when you don't care about that package. -- Maurits van Rees | http://maurits.vanrees.org/ [Dutch/Nederlands] "Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning." - Winston Churchill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
