RE: Packages I Don't want to upgrade
> I'm sure there is a way in Debian to flag certain packages to not
> upgrade, and I would appreciate any instructions on this.
>
dpkg --set-selections < file
file looks like:
package hold
foo hold
bar hold
or as suggested, use dselect.
> Also - I know there is a XF4 deb packaging project, and it's rather...
> alpha. Is there at least a meta-package that will meet all the XF86
> dependancies, and not be overwritten by XF86 3 debs? (Meaning, it meets
> the deps for it, but it'll let me use the existing tarball installation
> from XF86.org?)
>
no, there is not.
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