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