Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > I would like to update my sarge system, but keep swig 1.1: > > $ head /etc/apt/preferences
Instead of using preferences for this I would 'hold' the package in both dpkg and aptitude and then upgrade normally. Because the package is held it will show up in the hold list and not be upgraded. I find that to be much simpler. Alternatively for something like swig you could simply let it upgrade along with everything else and then downgrade it specifically later. Using 'aptitude download packagename' makes downloading deb files very easy. aptitude download swig If you do that before upgrading to Etch while still pointing at Sarge then you would have the Sarge version in the current directory. After upgrading to Etch then dpkg will install this easily. dpkg -i swig_1.3.24-1_*.deb Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
