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Re: downgrade wants to rm coreutils!



On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:11:49 +0100 (BST)
Simon Tod <todsr1@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 1. It wants to remove kernel-image-2.4.20-686 and the
> associated pcmcia-modules - not a surprise, but how do
> I stop this happening? Tried to pin them at 1000 and
> even removed the 
> Package: *
> Pin: release a=testing
> Pin-Priority: 550
> entry from /etc/apt/preferences as well, all to no
> avail.

If this is the kernel you want to use put it on hold:

echo "kernel-image-2.4.20-686  hold" | dpkg --set-selections

Then check to make sure it's held:

dpkg --get-selections | grep kernel-image-2.4.20-686

That should return:

kernel-image-2.4.20-686		hold

Repeat for pcmcia-modules.

Kevin



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