Re: Security updates for hold package
On Wed, 14 May 2014 11:40:04 +0200
Frank <frank@dead-link.org> wrote:
> On 05/14/2014 11:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> >
> > APT does not differentiate between "major" or "security" or "whatever"
> > upgrade, just about version numbers.
> >
> > However, if you're on stable (or oldstable) there will be no major
> > upgrades (whether you want them or not) unless you point your sources to
> > the next release.
> >
> > If you want more specific information please provide the output of
> >
> > apt-cache policy <package>
> >
>
> Ok, let me reformulate the question. How can I achieve the following,
> Upgrade my system from Squeeze to Wheezy, keep the installed php
> packages as they are but don't prevent the system from installing
> security updates as long they are available for squeeze?
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
>
Pin php packages to a=oldstable, 500 < Pin-Priority < 990. But to
receive security support for squeeze past this month, you have to
include squeeze-lts repo.
Kind regards
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