Re: apt-get problems

[Moritz Schulte <tux@gmx.li>]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:45:01PM -0400, Joel Dinel wrote:

> I just compiled kernel 2.2.17 today with the kernel-package tools. I
> installed the resulting kernel-image-2.2.17_custom1.0_i386.deb with
> dpkg -i.
> 
> Everything is OK. Now, as soon as I apt-get
> update && apt-get dist-upgrade, apt wants to install a newer version
> of kernel-2.2.17 (kernel-image-2.2.17-1).
[...]
> How do I prevent apt from upgrading my kernel
> package ? I looked into dpkg's MAN pages, and there is something about
> putting a package on HOLD to prevent update. This is what I would want to
> do. 

yes, you can do this easily in dselect.

     -moritz
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