On Sun, 16 Nov 1997, Bill Leach wrote: > I do know that dpkg does not pay any attention to the "hold" status in > the admin file when executed directly (which makes sense to me).
That is because you will have to supply the -O option to dpkg if you want it to pay attention to that flag (which can be 'install', 'uninstall' or 'hold'). From 'dpkg --help': -O|--selected-only Skip packages not selected for install/upgrade Dselect's ftp method (the only one I use) always calls dpkg with -iGREOB . Remco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
