(forw) [hugh@mjr.org: Re: Quick aptitude question...]
----- Forwarded message from Hugh Saunders <hugh@mjr.org> -----
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:57:15 +0000
From: Hugh Saunders <hugh@mjr.org>
To: iain d broadfoot <ibroadfo@cis.strath.ac.uk>
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On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:22:46PM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote:
> * ZephyrQ (ZephyrQ@att.net) wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to take better control of my installation, and fired up
> > aptitude. I inadvertently tried to do an upgrade (to woody rc1) a while
> > back and am trying to cancel it. Is there a way to 'wipe' queued
> > actions and/or reset aptitude?
> >
>
> when you hit 'g' to get the 'do this' screen, select the lines that say
> 'install' or 'upgrade' or similar, and hit '_' to purge, '-' to remove
> or '=' to hold(hold means keep installed, don't upgrade) - this should
> cut down the number of things on the todo list.
if youve told aptitude you want to upgrade a package, but havent
actually done the upgrade, how do you then
reset its status to installed -its a pain to do hold as that break
dependencies when you upgrade other things.
hugh
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i'm not sure you can, using aptitude - it likes upgrading automatically.
have a look in the options to see if you can turn off that behaviour.
at the same time, why do you want to avoid woodyr1 exactly?
iain
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