On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:04:37 +0100, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 11:36:27 -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote: >> There is nothing (that I know of) in the packaging system to know which >> packages are secure and which are not. You would need to put the >> package on hold during the insecure times and remove it from hold after. > > Well, if one could put on hold a particular version of a package > (given by the user), it would be better than nothing. Is there a > way to do this?
Of course. Just put in an entry in /etc/apt/preferences with sufficiently high pin number. Eg. I've put all my X packages on hold because I am running testing but have problems with 4.2. So I have Package: xfree86-common Pin: version 4.1.0-16 Pin-Priority: 1001 etc. etc. See also apt_preferences. HTH. Faheem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
