shöck wrote:
What do i need to do in order to ensure that apt-get upgrade doesn't upgrade X-Windows? I have a fairly customized X-Windows set up, so I usually upgrade X myself. I've tried messing with dselect, but it's greek to me. I know it's fairly straightforward for 99% of planet earth, but it seems to be beyond me. Thanks.
This URL discusses preventing apt-get from upgrading X-Windows using dselect:
http://rtfm.phpwebhosting.com/tips/2000/07/25/37.shtmlIf you don't want to use dselect to put packages on hold, you could use 'dpkg --set-selections' to put packages on hold. To see how it is used, look at man dpkg, read sections for 'dpkg --get-selections' and 'dpkg --set-selections' and examples at bottom of the man page. Essentially, you make a file like:
package1 hold package2 hold package3 ...and then pipe the file into 'dpkg --set-selections' as shown in man page examples.
Here is a script, dpkg-hold, that does this at the bottom of this URL: http://www.debianplanet.org/debianplanet/article.php?sid=348 -- Jerome