Re: how to put package on hold using command line tools?
On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 01:39:43AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 03:08:30PM +0100, Alexander Steinert wrote:
> > > Nevertheless you can file a bug against dpkg.
> > > (See 'apt-cache show bug'.)
> >
> > Better, see reportbug. bug hasn't really been maintained seriously for a
> > while now.
>
> shouldn't it be taken out of distribution then? Or at least warn user?
Well, it's not completely broken, just a bit out of date. I'm hoping its
maintainer will wake up at some point and update it.
If it gets broken enough, then yes, of course, although in that case
it's more likely that someone will fix it up.
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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