Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Marc Shapiro
Chris Moore wrote: Andrew Small aspectcapital.com> writes: How do I get apt-get to ignore updating this package when it is invoked on the command line? I use these 3 shell functions; add them to your ~/.bashrc to use them: hold() { for i in $*; do echo "$i hold" done |

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Chris Moore
Andrew Small aspectcapital.com> writes: > How do I get apt-get to ignore updating this package when it is invoked on the > command line? I use these 3 shell functions; add them to your ~/.bashrc to use them: hold() { for i in $*; do echo "$i hold" done | sudo dpkg --set-selection

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/10/06 16:23), Andrew Small wrote: > Ok so if I was to use pinning, I have to create the file /etc/apt/preferences > > With the content looking something like below: > > Package: * > Pin: release a=stable > Pin-Priority: 700 > > Package: * > Pin: release a=testing > Pin-Priority: 650 > >

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Mumia W..
On 10/20/2006 04:57 AM, Andrew Small wrote: Hi 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

RE: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Andrew Small
-Priority: 600 Which will only affect that individual package rather than the whole channel? Cheers -Original Message- From: Clive Menzies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 October 2006 13:27 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list On (20/10/06 13:54

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/10/06 13:54), Florian Kulzer wrote: > 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 comma

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Florian Kulzer
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

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Clive Menzies
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 ke

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
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 > > p

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/10/06 11:25), Andrew Small wrote: > Thanks for the response clive > > Is there an option you can place in the sources.list file so that you > don't have to remember to supply this parameter everytime you use > apt-get? Once you've 'held' a package, it stays held until such time as you over

RE: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread Andrew Small
21 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list 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

Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

2006-10-20 Thread 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 ap