This originally arose from a discussion on debian-live[1] (sorry to anyone who reads both lists, but it seemed more appropriate to continue this tangent here).
I wanted to block installation of a couple of recommended packages in the chroot stage of a live-build, while letting all other recommends be installed as usual. It was suggested that I use apt-pinning to do this, like so: ---- Package: whatever Pin: release * Pin-Priority: -1 ---- However, one of those recommended packages is "default-mta | mail-transport-agent". I tried: ---- Package: default-mta Pin: release * Pin-Priority: -1 Package: mail-transport-agent Pin: release * Pin-Priority: -1 ---- But this has no effect — exim4-daemon-light still gets installed, despite only being recommended. Is it possible to use pinning to do this, or another method involving apt(itude) configuration? I'd rather avoid an equivs package or the like, because that adds extra steps to the build process (and I can't just zip up my config area and use it elsewhere, I need to carry any equiv sources around too). Cheers, Jason [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-live/2010/11/msg00147.html -- 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/aanlkti=+in4zdcl0x8bjww9x+rums8bzb314extjd...@mail.gmail.com
