On Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:26:02 -0600, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20 at 23:10, T o n g penned: >> >> Yes, that's what I am doing now. Moreover, I've put it on hold in both >> dpkg and aptitude, but somehow it still get upgraded from time to time. > > Pardon me for asking this, but what method are you using to hold the > package? > > This is from my aptitude's help: > > "=": Hold a package in its current version to prevent upgrades.
Yes, that's what I am using. >> Where does Debian keep the installed package list? How does Debian know >> if a package is installed or not? > > I think that's /var/lib/dpkg/status > > Have you looked at the pinning solution suggested by others? I think > pinning is the approach that's most consistent with the Debian > architecture. Ok, thanks ever one for the suggestions, for now I'd like to play with the '/var/lib/dpkg/status' file and live on the risk, and see what happens. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/hqldg4$qh...@dough.gmane.org
