Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 08/06/2015 at 04:45 PM, Floris wrote: > Op Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:44:12 +0200 schreef The Wanderer > : > >> On 08/06/2015 at 02:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: >>> Yeah, you can put a package on hold. e.g. >>> http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-prevent-a-package-from-being-updated-in-debian.html >

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 06 Aug 2015 20:44:12 +0200 schreef The Wanderer : On 08/06/2015 at 02:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:36:38PM +0200, Floris wrote: Thanks, now I know I am not the only one :-) but... Is there a way to make a package un-instable? Or at least give a "Yes, do

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 08/06/2015 at 02:29 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:36:38PM +0200, Floris wrote: > >> Thanks, now I know I am not the only one :-) >> >> but... Is there a way to make a package un-instable? Or at least give a >> "Yes, do what I say" warning? > > Yeah, you can put a pa

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:36:38PM +0200, Floris wrote: > > Thanks, now I know I am not the only one :-) > > but... Is there a way to make a package un-instable? Or at least give a > "Yes, do what I say" warning? Yeah, you can put a package on hold. e.g. http://www.debianadmin.com/how-to-prevent

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-06 Thread Floris
Op Thu, 06 Aug 2015 00:22:02 +0200 schreef Charlie : On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 16:15:04 -0400 Cindy-Sue Causey sent: My Plan B now is to go ahead and upgrade everything else then try again to reinstall libreoffice and see what, if anything, happens. Yeah, I know... *pipe dream* Did that about two

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-05 Thread Charlie
On Wed, 5 Aug 2015 16:15:04 -0400 Cindy-Sue Causey sent: > My Plan B now is to go ahead and upgrade everything else then try > again to reinstall libreoffice and see what, if anything, happens. > Yeah, I know... *pipe dream* Did that about two, maybe three weeks ago. apt-get dist-upgrade removed

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-05 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 8/5/15, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:45:49 +0200 > Floris wrote: > >> now the libstdc++6 transition is going on $ sudo apt-get >> dselect-upgrade is happy when I remove gdm3, gnome-shell and a lot of >> other packages. Is there a setting to prevent packages from >> un-installing? Like t

Re: Prevent package from removal

2015-08-05 Thread Joe
On Wed, 05 Aug 2015 18:45:49 +0200 Floris wrote: > now the libstdc++6 transition is going on $ sudo apt-get > dselect-upgrade is happy when I remove gdm3, gnome-shell and a lot of > other packages. Is there a setting to prevent packages from > un-installing? Like the big warning when you try to d