On 2006-04-11, Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam Funk wrote: >> Is there any set of command-line options that will let me `aptitude >> dist-upgrade` so that it will add any packages necessary to upgrade >> existing packages, but not remove any currently installed packages? >> >> > > You could run `aptitude dist-upgrade` and use the list of packages to > install with `aptitude install <packages>` ...
That's what I've been doing. It just takes a while to sift through the list picking out the ones that are causing others to be removed. > If you are only concerned about a small number of packages, you could > use `aptitude hold <packages>` which tells aptitude never to change > those (until you tell it to do something else with them) I don't want to prevent aptitude from upgrading any package (except when it's pinned because of apt-listbugs). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
