Re: How to trick my Debian in thinking that a package is not installed
On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:26:02 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 20 at 23:10, T o n g penned:
>>
>> Yes, that's what I am doing now. Moreover, I've put it on hold in both
>> dpkg and aptitude, but somehow it still get upgraded from time to time.
>
> Pardon me for asking this, but what method are you using to hold the
> package?
>
> This is from my aptitude's help:
>
> "=": Hold a package in its current version to prevent upgrades.
Yes, that's what I am using.
>> Where does Debian keep the installed package list? How does Debian know
>> if a package is installed or not?
>
> I think that's /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Have you looked at the pinning solution suggested by others? I think
> pinning is the approach that's most consistent with the Debian
> architecture.
Ok, thanks ever one for the suggestions, for now I'd like to play with
the '/var/lib/dpkg/status' file and live on the risk, and see what
happens.
thanks
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