On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 01:07:39PM +0100, Bostjan Muller wrote: > * On 16-01-01 at 07:28 kmself@ix.netcom.com (kmself@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > > See the Debian FAQ. > > > > $ echo "<packagename> hold" | dpgk --set-selections > > > > Cheers. > Is there a way to do this with apt-get (I do apt-get -u > upgrade, but don't want to upgrade a specific package(s))?
my understanding is (watch me get corrected) that APT is a nice interface to the DPKG concept, or that APT evolved out of DPKG and that they each depend on the same settings and so forth. you tell APT smoething, DPKG knows it. and vice versa. [ i think. ] -- See, if you were allowed to keep the money, you wouldn't create jobs with it. You'd throw it in the bushes or something. But the government will spend it, thereby creating jobs. -- Dave Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ your experience could help save next week's newbies! http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc
