> I'm sure there is a way in Debian to flag certain packages to not > upgrade, and I would appreciate any instructions on this. >
dpkg --set-selections < file file looks like: package hold foo hold bar hold or as suggested, use dselect. > 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?) > no, there is not.
