On 01 Jul 2001 11:42:41 -0700, Krzys Majewski wrote: > On 1 Jul 2001, Mario Vukelic wrote: > > use dselect. You can put pkgs on hold with "=" > > Thanks. Is this persistent, in the sense that I can use dselect to > hold back the packages, quit dselect, and apt-get will do the right > thing?
Yes > > Since the package manager needs to know what files *exactly* you have, I > > would say it ovwerwrites always > > Interesting. I know RPM won't overwrite files that have been > touched. Then again RPM doesn't seem to distinguish between binaries > and config files. Debian clearly does - it won't overwrite config > files, but, as you suggest, it will overwrite binaries. Wonder which > is better.. It may well be that I'm wrong. I now realize that I have taken a guess of mine as a fact. I'd appreciate if somebody who knows about this would comment on it > > 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 > > Uh yeah, I saw that one coming.. Unfortunately at the time I did this, > there weren't any potato X4 debs (that I could find). And the guy who > made the potato X4 debs, how did *he* do it? I don't know a thing about making debs. But I would guess he has a machine he doesn't rely on. > Bottom line for me is, it's my box, I need to override Debian > occasionally. There used to be (still is?) this thing called `equiv' > for registering locally installed things with dpkg, but it's more of a > hassle than I'm willing to put up with for every tarball I > build. Every once in a while, I set my mind on gradually moving > completely to src and abandoning Debian.. but hey, I like Debian. I don't see why you use potato at all, then. If you're determined to wreck a "stable" install anyway, why don't you use unstable? At least you would have had X 4 debs pretty quickly. I understand your urge to move to something like Slackware or LFS. Sometimes I have that, too. But then I fire up dselect and browse the list of stuff I have installed, and I realize that I would have to quit my job if I wanted to manage that by hand. I do like pure src installs for very stripped-down servers, though. BTW, if you're into src distribution (which I believe _is_he better way), you should consider BSD Kind regards, M. -- I did not vote for the Austrian government
