Re: Forbidding a version of a package in debian
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 09:48:35PM -0500, Walt Mankowski wrote:
> I'm running debian testing. I ran "aptitude dist-upgrade" yesterday
> and it wants to install a version of libfreetype6 that I'm worried
> will break my window manager (Window Maker). I'd like to put that
> version of libfreetype6 on hold until things get sorted out.
Just do this:
echo "libfreetype6 hold" | dpkg --set-selections
When you want to remove the hold, later on, do:
echo "libfreetype6 install" | dpkg --set-selections
Cheers,
Paul
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