Re: telling apt to lay off X while doing apt-get upgrade
On Sat, 27 Jul 2002 18:55:28 -0500
other <othin@ninehells.com> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I've got a system installed with woody. I removed the distribution
> of Xfree86 that came with woody and replaced it with 4.2.0 (plays
> nicer with my thinkpad). How do I configure apt to not upgrade
> Xfree86, but continue along assuming that everything
> dependent on XFree86 will be happy anyway? What is the
> canonical method for configuring apt so?
You can put the X packages on hold. Take a look here:
http://www.linuxtips.com/Tips/Administration/Debian/Howto%20put%20a%20package%20on%20hold/index_html
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