Re: how to force a "hold" on a missing package during an apt-get upgrade

2015-03-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael Biebl wrote: > Am 21.03.2015 um 17:36 schrieb tandread: > > but a later "apt-get --ignore-missing" insists > > on fetching what mysql-* was dpkg-purged > > > > I have tried a semi-fix of getting a > > "--get-selections", adding the purged packages > > as "hold" and doing a "--set-selection

Re: how to force a "hold" on a missing package during an apt-get upgrade

2015-03-21 Thread Liam O'Toole
On 2015-03-21, tandread wrote: > dear debian users, > > I really need to have a program compiled from source > (that is, a src dir, not a debian source package) > Let's say, the mysql server source distribution > > I can remove the mysql-* deb packages with > "dpkg --purge --force-depends" > (I k

Re: how to force a "hold" on a missing package during an apt-get upgrade

2015-03-21 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 21.03.2015 um 17:36 schrieb tandread: > dear debian users, > > I really need to have a program compiled from source > (that is, a src dir, not a debian source package) > Let's say, the mysql server source distribution > > I can remove the mysql-* deb packages with > "dpkg --purge --force-depe