Re: apt frustration

1999-08-01 Thread Carl Fink
[This message has also been posted.] On 31 Jul 99 23:24:02 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >It'd be great to be able to say: keep everything stable according to >my CDs and the ftp site, but keep the following packages (and anything >they depend on) up-to-date according to the u

Re: apt frustration

1999-08-01 Thread Phillip Deackes
Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Probably the best way is to use the 'hold' feature of dselect. Get > your system set up as you want with stable then use dselect to put the > packages you want to keep the same on 'hold' with the '=' key. Then > modify your /etc/apt/sources.list to inc

Re: apt frustration

1999-08-01 Thread Brad
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 31 Jul, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "apt frustration" > > Folks, > > > > I run a little home office network. Most of it is stable, slink at > > the moment, but I like to keep some stuff really leading

Re: apt frustration

1999-07-31 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 31 Jul, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about "apt frustration" > Folks, > > I run a little home office network. Most of it is stable, slink at > the moment, but I like to keep some stuff really leading edge (Java, > DocBook/Jade, egcs &c). > > A simple way to

apt frustration

1999-07-31 Thread formasic
Folks, I run a little home office network. Most of it is stable, slink at the moment, but I like to keep some stuff really leading edge (Java, DocBook/Jade, egcs &c). A simple way to do this would SEEM to be to use apt/deity. It'd be great to be able to say: keep everything stable according to