Re: Holding uninstalled packages (was Re: Starting programs in X)
On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Patrick Wiseman wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, I wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 12 Aug 2002, Mike Dresser wrote:
> >
> > > Oh, I could do that or something similar, yes. But then the first time
> > > xbase-clients gets updated and startx doesn't, who knows what will happen
> > > :)
> >
> > If you put the package on 'hold', nothing at all.
>
> But it appears you can't put a package which isn't installed on hold; too
> bad, that would be useful.
Sometimes I say the stupidest things ...
If it isn't installed, you don't NEED to put it on hold; so, again, when
xbase-clients gets updated, and you don't have it installed, nothing at
all will happen to your startx.
Patrick
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