Re: Package hold during upgrade

2000-11-08 Thread Gregory T. Norris
The all-in-one command line version: dpkg --get-selections PACKAGE-LIST | \ sed -e 's/install$/hold/' | dpkg --set-selections Alternately , you could tag each package individually under dselect, using the 'H' or '=' keys. The exact package name matches the debfile up to the first un

Package hold during upgrade

2000-11-08 Thread Howard Mann
Hi All, I'm preparing to upgrade to Potato from Slink ( kernel 2.2.12) using apt-get. There are several packages (related to DocBook/SGML) I would not like to upgrade at the present time. What commands ( exact syntax for package name please ) do I issue to accomplish this ? [Do I use the releva