Re: Bug#39999: Apt wishlist
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999, Rob wrote:
> More of a wish than a bug, it should be possible to inhibit the
> download/upgrade of individual packages. For example, I have vim 5.0-0.2 from
> Hamm installed. When I run 'apt-get upgrade', it pulls the unstable packages
> from my local mirror, including a newer package of vim. Unfortunately, at the
> time of writing, the vim package is missing alot of functionality. I would
> like to have a 'Dont-upgrade' section or something, where I can place this an
> any other packages I don't want upgraded.
You have to use the hold command from dselect or use the magic command
line:
echo "vim hold" | dpkg --set-selections
Jason
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