Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dselect is slow on my old machine. How can I put a package on hold
> without
> using Dselect?
> dpkg does not have such an action as far as I can see.
I use a script someone on this list sent to me - save it as 'dpkg-hold'
and make it executable. To put a package on hold you simple use
'dpkg-hold pkgname'. Fits in nicely with other dpkg commands.
#! /bin/bash
# dpkg-hold -- command line tool to flag package(s) as held.
#
# by Craig Sanders, 1998-10-26. This script is hereby placed into the
# public domain.
#
# BUGS: this script has absolutely no error checking. this is not good.
if [ -z "$*" ] ; then
echo "Usage:"
echo " dpkg-hold <package...>"
exit 1
fi
for i in $@ ; do
echo "$i hold"
done | dpkg --set-selections
--
Phillip Deackes
Using Storm Linux
