on Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 02:12:08AM -0600, will trillich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > 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.
apt is a distribution-level management tool. dpkg is largely aimed at specific packages. dpkg is the older tool. > you tell APT smoething, DPKG knows it. and vice versa. > > [ i think. ] Yes. ...the bit about apt and dpkg. I really don't know if you think or not. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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