Re: Difference between APT pin and dpkg hold

2001-12-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:06:50PM -0800, Brian Nelson wrote: > Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > > Correct me if I am wrong :-) But this is what I understand. > > This is probably the most poorly written English I've ever read that > still makes perfect sense. Amazing. :) Thank you

Re: Difference between APT pin and dpkg hold

2001-12-12 Thread Brian Nelson
Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:27:12PM +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote: > > What is the difference between pinning a package (as described in the > > APT HOWTO), and setting the ``hold flag'' using dpkg? > > pin decides priority of archived packages against instal

Re: Difference between APT pin and dpkg hold

2001-12-12 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 04:27:12PM +1100, Andrew Nesbit wrote: > What is the difference between pinning a package (as described in the > APT HOWTO), and setting the ``hold flag'' using dpkg? pin decides priority of archived packages against installed one. hold just hold installed package. > Do A

Difference between APT pin and dpkg hold

2001-12-11 Thread Andrew Nesbit
What is the difference between pinning a package (as described in the APT HOWTO), and setting the ``hold flag'' using dpkg? Do APT and dpkg respect each other's methods of ``holding''? TIA -Andrew Nesbit