Marco Prandini wrote:
Hello,
I'm switching to Debian after a long time on RedHat, and I haven't
been able to find a couple of functions of the package manager I'd
like to use... hoping they exist at all!
1) I'd like to find which files of a package have been altered with
respect to the original version, in the same way I did with "rpm -V".
2) I'd like to instruct "apt-get upgrade" to leave them alone
That's because I didn't resist the urge to make some customization to
my system, and I don't want them to be overwritten by the upgrade
procedure.
Thanks a lot!
Marco
1.
In Synaptic, packages that have an upgrade available (after updating
sources) are marked with a special symbol.
You could install the package wajig (see article rpm to apt-get/dpkg
http://xtronics.com/reference/rpm2apt-dpkg.htm). Eg if package swig is
on hold and a newer version is available, wajig toupgrade gives this output:
# wajig toupgrade
Package Available Installed
========================-========================
swig 1.3.28-1 1.3.24-1
#
2.
According to the Debian Reference Manual
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html you can
hold eg packages |libc6| and |libc6-dev using
|
# echo -e "libc6 hold\nlibc6-dev hold" | dpkg --set-selections
or in Aptitude using the '=' key.
In Synaptic you can highlight a package and use Package -> Lock Version.
Also, wajig hold package-name(s).
Hth
Chris.
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