> 2. If you really, really what to prevent a package from being installed > you have to configure your system accordingly. For example create a file > /etc/apt/preferences.d/no-pulseaudio with following contents: > > Package: pulseaudio > Pin: version * > Pin-Priority: -1 > Explanation: prevent installation of pulseaudio > > > Kind regards, > Andrei
Hey, that trick is interesting, thanks for sharing the idea... I did not thought about using preferences to black-list a package... I will not use it for my own usage, since I only check carefully which new packages are being installed by aptitude, but I'll keep it in mind, in case I have to manage/setup computer which are not mine, some day. About changelogs, since someone spoke about them (but it is OT from that discussion, imho), using aptitude command to retrieve them is quite useless, you usually only see changes in packaging, not in real software. And there are no good evidence when an update is just a bugfix, a minor release or a major one. Except version numbers, of course, but this does not appear clearly to users. (I wonder how hard it could be to hack aptitude to say it to change color of the line depending on which part of version number changed... maybe not so hard when softwares are using the classic versionning scheme?) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/629e70e8e876b1126629eef55ffed6d2.squir...@www.sud-ouest.org
