On 01 Jul 2001 10:53:56 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > 1. How can I `hold back' packages so Debian doesn't upgrade them?
use dselect. You can put pkgs on hold with "=" > 2. Does apt-get/dpkg always overwrite existing files, or only if their > timestamps are older than the corresponding file in the .deb? Since the package manager needs to know what files *exactly* you have, I would say it ovwerwrites always > > I run a customized potato box. Usually I keep custom stuff separate > from Debian by installing it in /usr/local. This was not the case for > XFree86 version 4. Thinking I had some time to kill this morning, I > foolishly did a `apt-get upgrade', which "upgraded" the X packages > to whatever Debian thinks is the latest version of 3.3.6. My X > installation got destroyed. I'd like to prevent this from happening > again ;) Uuuh, so don't do anything to your installed files without the package managers knowledge!! Bad Idea!!!! There are X4 debs available for potato. Somebody discussed it on the list in recent times. Search the archive -- I did not vote for the Austrian government
