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Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude



On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:36:52PM +0000, T o n g wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:30:30 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> 
> >> To hold a Debian package not to be updated by apt-get
> >> 
> >>   echo $package hold | dpkg --set-selections
> >> 
> >> Please note that such holding will not work for aptitude. . .
> > 
> > I just tested. It worked for me.
> 
> Please elaborate a bit more. What worked for you? Above dpkg hold, or 
> something else about aptitude?

$ echo $package hold | dpkg --set-selections

This trick also properly altered both aptitide and apt-get.

As I checked and recall, lenny had this enabled.

(I rarely use apt-get so I had no reason to use dpkg. aptitude hold was
enough for me.  It is nice to see things work together flawlessly
together.)

I just updated next debian-eference along this.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_basic_package_management_operations_with_the_commandline
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#listofadvancedpagementoperations

Osamu


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