Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-02-09 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:12, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:46:55AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > On Monday 22 January 2007 12:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29:00AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > > is the solution simply to wait u

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-02-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 11:58:34AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Saturday 27 January 2007 03:15, Chris Bannister wrote: > > -- > > Chris. > > == > > " ... The official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of > > rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a governm

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-02-01 Thread tom arnall
On Saturday 27 January 2007 03:15, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current > > level. Also, '?' within apt-listbugs allows you to pin the packages, > > but I've not trie

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-31 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 31, 2007 at 11:38:10PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 08:49:08PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:15:19AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > use apt

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-31 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 08:49:08PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:15:19AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current > > > leve

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-27 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:15:19AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current > > level. also, '?' within apt-listbugs allows you to pin the packages, > > but I've n

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-27 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current > level. also, '?' within apt-listbugs allows you to pin the packages, > but I've not tried it to determine the results. That is a bit confusing because '?

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 17:30, tom arnall wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:36, Stephen Cormier wrote: > > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > > > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either > > > the apt-get doc' or on the web. > > > > echo

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread Liam O'Toole
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:46:55 -0800 tom arnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either > the apt-get doc' or on the web. See here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-hold -- Liam -- To UNSUBSC

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread tom arnall
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 12:36, Stephen Cormier wrote: > On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either the > > apt-get doc' or on the web. > > echo "package_name hold" | dpkg --set-selections how did you find ou

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread Stephen Cormier
On Wednesday 24 January 2007 15:46, tom arnall wrote: > how do i 'hold' the packages. i can't find anything on this in either the > apt-get doc' or on the web. echo "package_name hold" | dpkg --set-selections Stephen -- GPG Pubic Key: http://users.eastlink.ca/~stephencormier/publickey.asc pgp

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:46:55AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > On Monday 22 January 2007 12:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29:00AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > > > > is the solution simply to wait until the repository deals w' the > > > situation, or is the probl

Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)

2007-01-24 Thread tom arnall
On Monday 22 January 2007 12:10, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > I didn't read the beginning of the thread, but it looks like you're > hijacking... :( > > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 10:29:00AM -0800, tom arnall wrote: > > i tried to upgrade this morning but got the following right after > > fetching th