OK, this should be simple... There are a number of packages (XF86 3.3.6) that are 'installed' in my system - but are not really installed. In fact, they are only in the dpkg database. I did a manual install of XF86 4.0.1 from tarballs quite a while ago.
However, I have no desire to 'upgrade' the XF83 3.3.6 debs, since they overwrite the tarball installation. I'm sure there is a way in Debian to flag certain packages to not upgrade, and I would appreciate any instructions on this. Also - I know there is a XF4 deb packaging project, and it's rather... alpha. Is there at least a meta-package that will meet all the XF86 dependancies, and not be overwritten by XF86 3 debs? (Meaning, it meets the deps for it, but it'll let me use the existing tarball installation from XF86.org?) Thanks, Troy Telford -- Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I am pondering? Pinky: I think so brain, but if we were meant to fly, wouldn't we have been born with a bag of peanuts?
