Re: Freezing a package on Debian installation
*- On 20 Nov, Bart Szyszka wrote about "Freezing a package on Debian installation"
> Hello,
>
> I'm having trouble finding a command that would allow me to
> specify to not allow Debian to upgrade a specific package or
> to install it if it doesn't exist. I thought it might be at apt-get
> -h or dpkg -h, but I didn't find anything there. Debian gets messed
> up on my end before I get a chance to install the packages for
> the man command (why isn't it included in the base installation
> of Debian?!?) so I don't have that yet.
>
The only interactive way to hold back a package is in dselect with the
'=' key. You can also edit /var/lib/dpkg/status and change the Status:
line of the package you want to hold back from:
Status: install ok installed
to
Status: hold ok installed
The man-db package is not installed because it is too big to include on
the base system. This topic has been discussed before on many of the
debian-* lists, check the archives.
Brian Servis
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