Re: How to skip installing one package.
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:11:00 +0800, Franki <franki@littlehosting.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first
> trip down the dpkg/apt-get route.
>
> I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from
> backports.org, however one package I couldn't find as I needed it was
> postfix, so I compiled it myself with virtual folders, sasl and mysql
> support, then I setup courier-imap etc etc.
>
> Anyway, the end result has been exceptional however I am worried about
> doing an apt-get update/upgrade because I worry my custom install of
> postfix will be upgraded and I really don't want that as the replacement
> is likely to be very different from the original.
>
> You might say that if you didn't install postfix in the first place,
> apt-get won't try and upgrade it, but unfortunately I did have postfix
> installed via apt and overwrote it with the newly compiled version.
> (because I had a ton of other stuff that apt won't install without an
> MTA installed)
>
> Anyway, onto my question, is there anyway to tell apt-get to skip trying
> to install an updated postfix package? I read though the man pages and
> searched the net, but couldn't find an answer that made sense to me.
>
You haven't searched well, anyway look in the dpkg manual for the
"hold" option, something like echo "package_name hold" | dpkg
--set-selections or you can use dselect/aptitude/whatever... =)
Andrea
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