On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 09:12:39PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong... > > I want to prevent a particular package from ever being installed. In > /etc/apt/preferences I have: > > Package: somepackage > Pin: version * > Pin-Priority: -1 > > But the package can still be installed by either command: > > apt-get install somepackage > apt-get install otherpackage (where 'otherpackage' depends on > 'somepackage') > > I thought maybe the 'version *' was throwing it off, so I replaced '*' with > the actual version number and the package still gets installed. > > Any ideas how to achieve my goal of blacklisting this particular package? > > -Rob > Argh, moments after posting I came across a solution (I swear I've been googling for days). It works like this:
Package: somepackage Pin: release a=fakerepo Pin-Priority: 1001 Since "fakerepo" is not a valid release, "somepackage" is never installable. I'm still not sure why my original scheme didn't work. I got the solution from here: http://discuss.itwire.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=13787&p=49182 -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
