Re: How to skip installing one package.

2005-01-04 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 12:11:00AM +0800, Franki wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first > trip down the dpkg/apt-get route. > > I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from > backports.org, however one package I cou

Re: How to skip installing one package.

2005-01-04 Thread roberto
Quoting Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi guys, > > I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first > trip down the dpkg/apt-get route. > Good for you. > I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from > backports.org, however one package I couldn'

Re: How to skip installing one package.

2005-01-04 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050104 17:11]: > however one package I couldn't find as I needed it was > postfix, so I compiled it myself with virtual folders, sasl and mysql > support, then I setup courier-imap etc etc. .. > Anyway, onto my question, is there anyway to tell apt-get to skip tryin

Re: How to skip installing one package.

2005-01-04 Thread Shreyas Ananthan
Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anyway, onto my question, is there anyway to tell apt-get to skip > trying to install an updated postfix package? I read though the man > pages and searched the net, but couldn't find an answer that made You need to pin the package in /etc/apt/preferences, fo

Re: How to skip installing one package.

2005-01-04 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 00:11:00 +0800, Franki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first > trip down the dpkg/apt-get route. > > I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from > backports.org, however one p

How to skip installing one package.

2005-01-04 Thread Franki
Hi guys, I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first trip down the dpkg/apt-get route. I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from backports.org, however one package I couldn't find as I needed it was postfix, so I compiled it myself with vi