Re: how to avoid some upgrades from a distrib
> On Mon, 5 Aug 1996, Eric Delaunay wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would avoid upgrade of few packages when I upgrade my system from a
> > new distribution.
>
> The concept you're looking for is 'Hold'. Just move the highlight to the
> packages you don't want upgraded and press 'H' to put them on hold. When
> you do want to upgrade them, just 'unhold' them by pressing the 'G' key.
>
> Here are the relevant lines from the 'Select' help screen of dselect:
>
> Mark packages for later processing:
> +, Insert install or upgrade =, H hold in present state
> -, Delete remove :, G unhold: upgrade or leave uninstalled
> _ remove & purge config
>
> Christian
In fact, it's in help page ;)
But I didn't saw it a while ago then used dpkg directly for months.
Yes, I should read help pages carefuly before posting so trivial query :-(
I'll go through dselect at next upgrade :-)
Thanks for your reply.
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