RE: Packages I Don't want to upgrade

2000-08-30 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> I'm sure there is a way in Debian to flag certain packages to not > upgrade, and I would appreciate any instructions on this. > dpkg --set-selections < file file looks like: package hold foo hold bar hold or as suggested, use dselect. > Also - I know there is a XF4 deb packaging proj

Re: Packages I Don't want to upgrade

2000-08-30 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Troy Telford said: > > Also - I know there is a XF4 deb packaging project, and it's rather... > > alpha. Is there at least a meta-package that will meet all the XF86 > > dependancies, and not be overwritten by XF86 3 debs? (Meaning, it meets > > the d

Re: Packages I Don't want to upgrade

2000-08-30 Thread Dave Sherohman
Troy Telford said: > Also - I know there is a XF4 deb packaging project, and it's rather... > alpha. Is there at least a meta-package that will meet all the XF86 > dependancies, and not be overwritten by XF86 3 debs? (Meaning, it meets > the deps for it, but it'll let me use the existing tarball