On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 14:47:11 -0400 ScruLoose <scruloose+debuser@eastlink.ca> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 08:13:57PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > > When I do my weekly update, I'm getting a maintained package that is > > not numbered along side the package release(s), and it causing this > > particular program to be downgraded every week. > > > > How do I keep from having this particular package downloaded? > > I suspect that what you're looking for is the "hold" feature of your > package-management tool. In aptitude I think you hold a package by > hitting the '=' key on it. If I understand it correctly, hold tells > aptitude "Keep *this* version of this package, whether it's current or > not". > > HTH Thanks. I think you may mean dselect, but I'll look around. -- Rodney D. Myers <rdmyers@pe.net> Registered Linux User #96112 ICQ#: AIM#: YAHOO: 18002350 mailman452 mailman42_5 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Ben Franklin - 1759
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