Re: Debian /etc/apt/sources.list

[Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk>]

On (20/10/06 10:45), Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote:
> Þann 2006-10-20, 11:21:19 (+0100) skrifaði Clive Menzies:
> > On (20/10/06 10:57), Andrew Small wrote:
> > > I use the command apt-get to keep my system up to date.  The list of
> > > repositories I use to get updated 
> > > 
> > > packages is kept in /etc/apt/sources.list.  I already have a particular
> > > package installed which I do not want
> > > to update.
> > > 
> > > How do I get apt-get to ignore updating this package when it is invoked
> > > on the command line?
> > > Is it possible to put the package name in the sources.list file etc.
> > > This would be really useful so that if someone
> > > else is managing the system they do not have to be aware that this
> > > package should be ignored.
> > 
> > I use aptitude which has a hold option
> >  aptitude hold <packages>...
> > 
> > I just checked the apt-get man page and couldn't see an equivalent but
> > someone else may confirm it works.  If not apt-get should respect
> > aptitude's 'wishes'.
> 
> Isnt this a job for "pinning"? :-)

I don't think so.  I believe pinning is used where you're using
packages from different releases.  It would be overkill for holding one
package.

Regards

Clive

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