On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 02:44:12PM -0700, Rodney D. Myers wrote: > 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: > > > 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". > > Thanks. I think you may mean dselect, but I'll look around. Nope. I believe that particular behaviour is the same in dselect, but personally I prefer aptitude. I've just verified in the aptitude README that hitting '=' on a package does indeed put it on hold. Aptitude also has a command-line option to hold a package. Cheers! -- ,-------------------------------------------------------------------------. > -ScruLoose- | The more I get to know people < > Please do not | the more I like my dog. < > reply off-list. | - Rev. Stu Strang < `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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