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apt-get: how to block the upgrade of a package?
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| Hello,
I run Debian Sarge, with some packages from backports.org.
One of the backport packages is inkscape 0.44, the latest stable
release. Version 0.44 has a serious bug, so I went back to 0.43.
The problem is that apt is very persistent in want to upgrade to
version 0.44. How do I avoid that? Setting Pin-Priority in
/etc/apt/preferences does not work.
Thanks
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| Bill Marcum 2006-08-04, 7:14 am |
| On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:39:21 -0000, JD
<jd@something.com> wrote:
> Hello,
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> I run Debian Sarge, with some packages from backports.org.
> One of the backport packages is inkscape 0.44, the latest stable
> release. Version 0.44 has a serious bug, so I went back to 0.43.
> The problem is that apt is very persistent in want to upgrade to
> version 0.44. How do I avoid that? Setting Pin-Priority in
> /etc/apt/preferences does not work.
>
> Thanks
Use aptitude, select inkscape and press "=".
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| gregor herrmann 2006-08-04, 1:15 pm |
| On Fri, 4 Aug 2006 02:37:53 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote:
> Use aptitude, select inkscape and press "=".
JFTR: "=" ist the shortcut for setting a package on "hold"
The other possibility is the set 0.44 on "forbid this version";
shortcut: "F"
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| Chris Maaskant 2006-08-04, 1:15 pm |
| Op Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:37:53 -0400, schreef Bill Marcum:
> Use aptitude, select inkscape and press "=".
Is this a aptitude only feature or will this also prevent synaptic from
upgrading inscape?
Chris Maaskant.
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| On 2006-08-04, Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:39:21 -0000, JD
> <jd@something.com> wrote:
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> Use aptitude, select inkscape and press "=".
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Thank you for the reply. This works for aptitude, but not for
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
Is there a system for the apt-get cycle?
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| Onno van Eijk 2006-08-05, 7:14 am |
| On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:37:53 -0400, Bill Marcum wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 05:39:21 -0000, JD
> <jd@something.com> wrote:
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> Use aptitude, select inkscape and press "=".
You can also set the package on hold using dpkg (see
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html section 6.12)
Onno
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| On 2006-08-05, JD <jd@something.com> wrote:
> On 2006-08-04, Bill Marcum <bmarcum@iglou.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the reply. This works for aptitude, but not for
> apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
> Is there a system for the apt-get cycle?
Found it.
echo "inkscape hold"|dpkg --set-selections
and, to reverse,
echo "inkscape install"|dpkg --set-selecions
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