Re: protecting/preventing a package from being removed?
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David Garamond wrote:
> Can I prevent/protect a package from being accidentally removed? By
> 'accident' I mean answering Yes in apt-get remove prompt or just
> clicking Apply in synaptic without realizing that an important package
> is being removed. For example, I want to prevent mysql-server (which
> depends on mailx) from being removed when mailx is accidentally tried to
> be removed. So what I want is that for apt to refuse uninstalling mailx,
> because a 'protected' package (mysql-server) depends on it.
>
> Is there something I can write in /etc/apt/preferences? I haven't found
> a way to accomplish that. Pinning and locking version in synaptic don't
> do this.
>
> Regards,
> dave
You can put the package on hold. I'm not sure if it is the best way to
secure the package from accidentally being removed.
rrs
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