On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 00:12, nate wrote: > of course most things that i do apt-get source i also mark them as > HOLD in the dpkg database so my next upgrade doesn't overwrite my > custom packages. i do this by doing: > > dpkg --get-selections >selections > (edit selections, change 'install' to 'hold' for the packages i want to > hold) > dpkg --set-selections <selections > > of course it introduces some manual labor next time an update comes out > if I want to upgrade, I have to apt-get source all over again.
A faster way to do this is: echo "packagename hold" | dpkg --set-selections example: # echo "ssh hold" | dpkg --set-selections $ dpkg --get-selections | grep ssh ssh hold -- Mark Janssen -- maniac(at)maniac.nl -- GnuPG Key Id: 357D2178 Unix / Linux, Open-Source and Internet Consultant @ SyConOS IT Maniac.nl Unix-God.Net|Org MarkJanssen.org|nl SyConOS.com|nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
