Re: dselect not respecting holds ?
--- Maurits van Rees <maurits@vanrees.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 10:05:44PM -0800, James Kirk
> wrote:
> > The dselect's online help states, when describing
> key
> > usage, the H or = will hold a package in its
> present
> > state, and when describing the meaning of the
> symbols
> > used in the 4 state columns that = denotes the
> package
> > is on hold, and will not be processed at all.
> >
> > I don't want texi2html or mctools-lite, and
> therefore
> > don't need cddb, either. So, I marked these 3 as
> yet
> > uninstalled packages hold (=) thinking that
> dselect,
> > wanting normally to install these recommendations
> > would instead hold them in their uninstalled
> state.
>
>
> The correct way to keep a package in its current
> uninstalled form is
> *not* to put in on hold.
Can you point to the documentation that says this is
the correct way to keep a package in its current
state?
> The first time dselect
> presents you with a
> recommended or suggested package that you don't
> want, simply decline
> to install it. Next time dselect should not ask that
> question again.
Nope. Have you tried this ? It certainly doesn't
work on my system. That is the reason I thought I
would give the "hold" state a try.
Thanks.
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