On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 06:05:47 +0000, Faheem Mitha wrote: > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:04:37 +0100, Vincent Lefevre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, if one could put on hold a particular version of a package > > (given by the user), it would be better than nothing. Is there a > > way to do this? > > Of course. Just put in an entry in /etc/apt/preferences with > sufficiently high pin number. Eg. I've put all my X packages on hold > because I am running testing but have problems with 4.2. So I have > > Package: xfree86-common > Pin: version 4.1.0-16 > Pin-Priority: 1001 > > etc. etc. See also apt_preferences. HTH. Faheem.
No, this won't work. This would put on hold *any* version after 4.1.0-16. This is not a particular version. I would like something like the opposite: give a low score to some version, but I don't know how to do this, because the generic rules seem to take the precedence in this case. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> - 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn Risc PC, Yellow Pig 17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, TETRHEX, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
