Quoting Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys, > > I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first > trip down the dpkg/apt-get route. > Good for you.
> I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from > backports.org, however one package I couldn't find as I needed it was > postfix, so I compiled it myself with virtual folders, sasl and mysql > support, then I setup courier-imap etc etc. > > Anyway, the end result has been exceptional however I am worried about > doing an apt-get update/upgrade because I worry my custom install of > postfix will be upgraded and I really don't want that as the replacement > is likely to be very different from the original. > Did you customize an existing Debian package or install from the upstream source? > You might say that if you didn't install postfix in the first place, > apt-get won't try and upgrade it, but unfortunately I did have postfix > installed via apt and overwrote it with the newly compiled version. > (because I had a ton of other stuff that apt won't install without an > MTA installed) > This is bad. I would recommend that you either modify the package from Sid to your liking and use that (essentially backport it yourself) or remove the postfix* package(s) you have installed (you can force the removal process to ignore dependency checks) and then install a dummy package created with equivs. equivs is very easy to use and allows you to create "fake" packages that make dpkg think that you have installed a particular package with a particular version that provides whatever you it to provide and depends on whatever you want it to depend on. > Anyway, onto my question, is there anyway to tell apt-get to skip trying > to install an updated postfix package? I read though the man pages and > searched the net, but couldn't find an answer that made sense to me. Set the pakcage status to "hold" through your package management program. -Roberto Sanchez ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
