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Re: WARNING about XFree86!



At 17:12 -0500 1998-10-19, Zed Pobre wrote:
On Mon, Oct 19, 1998 at 05:44:11PM -0400, Branden Robinson wrote:

packaging errors should use the new version (3.3.2.3a-3).  Other should use
dpkg or dselect to put their X packages on hold.

   Hm?  You can use dpkg to put packages on hold from the command
line?  Could someone tell me how this works, please?

e.g. echo "xbase hold" | dpkg --set-selections
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Joel Klecker (aka Espy)
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