On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 12:03:04 +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (20/10/06 10:45), Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> > Þann 2006-10-20, 11:21:19 (+0100) skrifaði Clive Menzies:
> > > On (20/10/06 10:57), Andrew Small wrote:
> > > > I use the command apt-get to keep my system up to date. The list of
> > > > repositories I use to get updated
> > > >
> > > > packages is kept in /etc/apt/sources.list. I already have a particular
> > > > package installed which I do not want
> > > > to update.
> > > >
> > > > How do I get apt-get to ignore updating this package when it is invoked
> > > > on the command line?
> > > > Is it possible to put the package name in the sources.list file etc.
> > > > This would be really useful so that if someone
> > > > else is managing the system they do not have to be aware that this
> > > > package should be ignored.
> > >
> > > I use aptitude which has a hold option
> > > aptitude hold <packages>...
> > >
> > > I just checked the apt-get man page and couldn't see an equivalent but
> > > someone else may confirm it works. If not apt-get should respect
> > > aptitude's 'wishes'.
> >
> > Isnt this a job for "pinning"? :-)
>
> I don't think so. I believe pinning is used where you're using
> packages from different releases. It would be overkill for holding one
> package.
I believe that "hold", "forbid upgrade to specific version" and "mark
auto" are aptitude-only features. The relevant information is stored in
/var/lib/aptitude/pkgstates and I don't think that apt-get reads this
file.
I always had to use pinning with apt-get if a newer version of a package
had a bug, otherwise "apt-get upgrade" would blindly install that
version. It is indeed a pain in the neck to use pinning like that; this
was one of the reasons for me to switch to aptitude. Of course, it could
be that apt-get has learned a few new tricks since I last used it, but I
have the impression that development is focused on aptitude these days.
--
Regards,
Florian
