On 08/16/2007 05:45 PM, Rick Pasotto wrote:
On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 08:23:12AM +1000, Wei Wang wrote:I recommend you always use Aptitude as your primary package manager. It automatically delete orphaned packages.What if I'm still using that program? I don't *want* it deleted. Just because it's not being maintained is no reason to delete it. So long as it still runs and is useful it should *not* be deleted.
Then use aptitude to change that program's status to "hold": aptitude hold gpm