Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-25 Thread Sven Joachim
Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Holding the various tetex packages (tetex-bin, tetex-common, > tetex-extra, tetex-doc) "should" work -- but I wouldn't be surprised > if they get dragged in by dependencies anyway. aptitude holds don't > prevent versioned dependencies from forcing an

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-25 Thread - Tong -
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:38:52 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > You just could take my hint for further research if it doesn’t work directly. > (You could have come up with the idea to put everything tex-related on hold, > for > example.) Thanks for the hint, as you may have already discovered from

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-25 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 11:44:28PM +, - Tong - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? Holding the various tetex packages (tetex-bin, tetex-common, tetex-extra, tetex-doc) "should" work -- but I wo

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-25 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. - Tong -, 25.08.2007 05:51: > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:03:42 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: > >>> Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? >> See the manpage of aptitude and look for "hold". > > […] > > Please be *r

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-25 Thread Sven Joachim
- Tong - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? > > I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny, and have loads of things to fix, > keeping tetex from upgrading to texlive will sure ease the transition for > the moment.

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-24 Thread - Tong -
On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:03:42 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote: >> Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? > > See the manpage of aptitude and look for "hold". so what? Actively participate in group discussion is good thing, but please be res

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-24 Thread Mathias Brodala
Hi. - Tong -, 25.08.2007 01:44: > Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? See the manpage of aptitude and look for "hold". Regards, Mathias -- debian/rules signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-24 Thread - Tong -
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:48:25 -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: >> Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? >> >> I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny, and have loads of things to fix, >> keeping tetex from upgrading to texlive will sure ease the tran

Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-24 Thread Jude DaShiell
In your apt.conf file try a line like exclude texl* and see if that helps. On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, - Tong - wrote: Hi, Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny, and have loads of things to fix, keeping tetex from upgrading to

Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

2007-08-24 Thread - Tong -
Hi, Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? I just upgraded from Etch to Lenny, and have loads of things to fix, keeping tetex from upgrading to texlive will sure ease the transition for the moment. thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http