On 3 November 2014 20:30, Anthony Towns <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3 November 2014 20:22, Julian Andres Klode <[email protected]> wrote: >> A simple way to achieve what you want is to create a local dummy >> package that depends on the packages you want and is >> "Essential: yes" or "Important: yes". Important being preferred, since >> it has less restrictions on installation ordering. > > Yeah, I've done that before (and the equivs package is helpful there). > But it's two somewhat complicated steps (build a package, install a > local package), for something that seems more like it should be a > simple configuration step ("these packages are important to me: ...").
Alternatively, it might make sense (from a user/admin's POV) to do it via 'apt-mark', ie: apt-mark important xmonad apt-mark essential sysvinit-core (I'm not really familiar with apt-mark though, particular if it's something people should feel comfortable relying on) Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[email protected]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
