Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:46:55AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> > On Monday 22 January 2007 12:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29:00AM -0800, tom arnall wrote:
> > > > is the solution simply to wait until the repository deals w' the
> > > > situation, or is the problem on my end?
> > >
> > > depends on what you're trying to do. You can wait, though new bugs may
> > > be reported as the old ones are fixed. I suggest you hold the packages
> > > in question and proceed with the upgrade.
> >
> > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either the
> > apt-get doc' or on the web.
>
> use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current
> level. also, '?' within apt-listbugs allows you to pin the packages,
> but I've not tried it to determine the results.
'p' is the input. and then just restart the upgrade.
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