On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 01:07:18PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Arne Goetje <arne@debian.linux.org.tw>: > > > I have an older version of UCD snmp which I need for another program. I want > > to use the debian package, but because the version included in woody is > > newer, apt-get and aptitude want to automatically install the newer > > version. > > You mean that you've made your own package which you don't want upgraded? > > The easiest way to not have apt upgrade this is to put it on hold. Don't know > how you do this in aptitude, but in dselect it's using the equal (=) character > on the package name... its the same in aptitude. > > How can I give the older packages a higher priority without > > changing anything in the apt config files? > > If you're making your own package, put a higher epoc on the version number... you can also use pinning. see apt_preferences(5). -- gram
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