Re: Difference between APT pin and dpkg hold
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:27:12PM +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote:
> What is the difference between pinning a package (as described in the
> APT HOWTO), and setting the ``hold flag'' using dpkg?
pin decides priority of archived packages against installed one.
hold just hold installed package.
> Do APT and dpkg respect each other's methods of ``holding''?
APT respects hold, if "apt-get dselect-upgrade" is used.
PIN only works for woody APT.
DSELECT care hold.
DSELECT used with APT should care PIN.
"dpkg -i" does not care any, I think.
Correct me if I am wrong :-) But this is what I understand.
Read "man apt_preferences" or APT HOWTO in "http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp";
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