On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 21:29, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:42, bob wrote: > > I have custom compiled and installed the midnight commander package to > > include mcserve. My version of the package is 4.5.55-1.2woody2. I > > used the latest sources from security.debian.org. Now, whenever I run > > dselect, it wants to install the binary from security.debian.org which > > would overwrite my custom installation. I am looking for some advice > > on how to keep this from happening. I have read about pinning a > > specific version but I am thinking that may not be the correct way to > > go because my custom version and the official version have the same > > name and version. Perhaps I need to have a custom version number. Any > > input would be appreciated. > > as root at a cli prompt: > > echo "mc hold" | dpkg --set-selections
... and the docs for things like "holding" Debian packages are here: <http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-system.en.html#s-puttingonhold> This page helped me a lot on keeping packages I didn't want to get changed by an upgrade. Thanks, Debian folks ... :) HTH Best Regards Wolfgang > > That should take care of the problems. -- Profile, Links: http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
