Re: apt-get dist-upgrade-except-foo1[-and-foo2] ?
On Thursday 16 November 2000 08:38, Juan Miguel Bocanegra wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Recently I compiled myself a kernel and packed it with the aid of
> kernel-package. I ended up with two .debs,
> kernel-image-2.2.17_kermit.1_i386.deb
> pcmcia-modules-2.2.17_3.1.8-16+kermit.1_i386.deb
> with suit my laptop setup (now it powers off and pcmcia works fine).
>
> Now, I'm living on the edge with woody, and everytime I run 'apt-get
> dist-upgrade' I am told to upgrade these two packages, which means kernel
> freezing on pcmcia insertion and no automagic power-off.
> Question is: Is there a way of upgrade all but these two (or any other)
> packages?
This is what I do so my kernel is never upgraded by apt. If you read the
kernel-packge documentation you'll nnotice that they talk about epochs. Most
packages are never made with an epoch higher than 3. So this is how I build
my kernel.
make-kpkg --revision=3:custom.1.0 kernel_image
^
repeat for pcmcia modules and others like alsa.
You'll notice the "3:" in the revision number well that's the epoch number
and unless somebody makes a package with a higher epoch than this apt will
never try to upgrade yout kernel image ever again. It hasn't ever tried to do
it for me yet.
Dan
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