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Re: Is there any way to prevent a package from upgrading?



on Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:34:31PM -0600, Lance Simmons (lance@lsimmons.net) wrote:
> I really like apt-get upgrade, but there's a package I don't want to
> upgrade. The version of apsfilter in unstable right now says that it
> requires a version of ghostscript that hasn't yet made it to unstable.
> Perhaps it would be possible to make it work without the more recent
> version of ghostscript, but I can't seem to get it to work, and I'm not
> that interested in trying. I'm happy with how apsfilter works for me
> right now.
> 
> Is there any way to mark a package so as to _not_ upgrade it? The
> documentation on apt-get didn't enlighten me. Must I refrain from
> apt-get upgrading?

See the Debian FAQ.

   $ echo "<packagename> hold" | dpgk --set-selections

Cheers.

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