Re: Very Selective upgrade
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 11:55:00AM +0200, Imran Geriskovan wrote:
> Sorry for the cross posting.
> But I just wanted to carry the discussion to dpkg list.
>
> Well...
>
> For me Tom's point is a very important issue.
Albeit a resolved one. Sorry - it's a matter of RTFM.
> Now I have debian machine installed by using the "testing"
> branch 50 days ago. Now I want to upgrade/install some packages.
> In dselect I choose the update option (using method apt).
> Now the select says that it will going to upgrade nearly all of the
> packages. In 50 days I've done alot of customization
> on that machine and I do not want to ugrade most of them.
Go to the first line in the package listing (All Packages), press '='
(hold in present state).
BTW, have you noticed that Debian goes out of its way to ensure that
your customizations are being preserved?
> Meanwhile I'm quite satisfied with the system.
> And I have no intention for such a big upgrade.
> However currently (and sadly) I can not use dselect for
> automatic installion of other packages with all their dependent ones
> because choosing "Install" will upgrade rest of the system.
>
> Hence I have no option :( other than manually downloading and
> installing new packages with all others that the packages depends on. :(
man apt-get
> Is it be possible to "freeze" some packages on a machine
> an make them immune to later updates/installations?
See above or dselect online help.
Rolf
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Rolf Heckemann (Dr. med.) Research Fellow
Department of Imaging Hammersmith Hospital, London
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