Am 21.03.2015 um 17:36 schrieb tandread: > dear debian users, > > I really need to have a program compiled from source > (that is, a src dir, not a debian source package) > Let's say, the mysql server source distribution > > I can remove the mysql-* deb packages with > "dpkg --purge --force-depends" > (I know this causes dangling lib*.so dependencies, > but they will be fixed after the mysql src > compilation) > > but a later "apt-get --ignore-missing" insists > on fetching what mysql-* was dpkg-purged > > I have tried a semi-fix of getting a > "--get-selections", adding the purged packages > as "hold" and doing a "--set-selections", > but it has side effects (all mysql dependent > packages get uninstalled in the apt-get upgrade) A simpler way then using --get and --set selections is apt-mark hold|unhold <package(s)>
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