Re: Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?
On 2006-05-26, Johannes Wiedersich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As with Keep, any action that was to be performed on the package is cancelled. In addition, the package will not be automatically upgraded [a] until the hold is removed. You may cancel a hold by issuing the Install command. [a] That is, it will be unaffected by Actions-Mark Upgradable (U) or the dist-upgrade or upgrade command-line actions. More on pinning can be found in the apt-howto in file:/usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto/apt-howto.en.html on your system. file:/usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-pin on debian sarge. Thanks for the useful information. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?
On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 09:17:46AM -0300, Gustavo Franco wrote: dpkg stores the 'hold' information, see: dpkg --get-selections|grep -i PACKAGENAME No. A hold placed with dpkg and one placed with aptitude are not the same thing and are not stored in the same place. Under certain circumstances not clearly defined, aptitude will import the real status database information, but I have no idea if the process ever goes the other way. Yet another reason to never use aptitude. -- Marc Wilson | We wish you a Hare Krishna We wish you a Hare Krishna [EMAIL PROTECTED] | We wish you a Hare Krishna And a Sun Myung Moon! | -- Maxwell Smart -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?
On 5/25/06, Adam Funk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently used the `aptitude hold` command. It seems to be doing what I expected but I'm curious -- what are the differences between this and pinning a package in /etc/apt/preferences, and where does aptitude hold store the information? (`grep -r PACKAGENAME /etc/apt/` turns up nothing.) dpkg stores the 'hold' information, see: dpkg --get-selections|grep -i PACKAGENAME That's true that pinning can hold a package too (not in dpkg terms), but it's much more powerful than simple hold. That's what you need if you want mix two releases (eg: stable and testing) defining priorities. With hold (as in dpkg) it would be insane hold everything you don't want to see updated, upgrade and revert to the original state. Do you see? For more information about apt pinning please search for 'apt howto' or just 'apt pinning'. regards, -- stratus
Re: Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?
Adam Funk wrote: I recently used the `aptitude hold` command. It seems to be doing what I expected but I'm curious -- what are the differences between this and pinning a package in /etc/apt/preferences, and where does aptitude hold store the information? (`grep -r PACKAGENAME /etc/apt/` turns up nothing.) From aptitiude's manual (file:/usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s02s03.html#pkgCmdHold) As with Keep, any action that was to be performed on the package is cancelled. In addition, the package will not be automatically upgraded [a] until the hold is removed. You may cancel a hold by issuing the Install command. [a] That is, it will be unaffected by Actions-Mark Upgradable (U) or the dist-upgrade or upgrade command-line actions. More on pinning can be found in the apt-howto in file:/usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto/apt-howto.en.html on your system. file:/usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-pin on debian sarge. Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Comparison of aptitude hold and pinning?
I recently used the `aptitude hold` command. It seems to be doing what I expected but I'm curious -- what are the differences between this and pinning a package in /etc/apt/preferences, and where does aptitude hold store the information? (`grep -r PACKAGENAME /etc/apt/` turns up nothing.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
