exclude packages from updating: apt vs yum

2010-02-13 Thread Huub 
Hi,

On RedHat/Fedora, I can exclude packages from being updated like this: 
"yum --exclude  -y upgrade".
Can someone please tell me (or provide a link to it) if this is also 
possible with apt-get. Reading the apt-get manpage, I didn't find an 
equality.

Thank you.


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Re: exclude packages from updating: apt vs yum

2010-02-13 Thread Thierry Chatelet 
On Saturday 13 February 2010 09:18:27 Huub wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On RedHat/Fedora, I can exclude packages from being updated like this:
> "yum --exclude  -y upgrade".
> Can someone please tell me (or provide a link to it) if this is also
> possible with apt-get. Reading the apt-get manpage, I didn't find an
> equality.
> 
> Thank you.
> 

I dont want to start a war, I use aptitude, so look man aptitude, and maybe, 
man dpkg.
Thierry


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Re: exclude packages from updating: apt vs yum

2010-02-13 Thread David Maus 
At Sat, 13 Feb 2010 08:18:27 + (UTC),
Huub wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On RedHat/Fedora, I can exclude packages from being updated like this:
> "yum --exclude  -y upgrade".
> Can someone please tell me (or provide a link to it) if this is also
> possible with apt-get. Reading the apt-get manpage, I didn't find an
> equality.

Yes it is possible for dpkg, apt and aptitude.  The description is in
the Debian FAQ:

http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-puttingonhold

HTH
 -- David
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Re: exclude packages from updating: apt vs yum

2010-02-13 Thread Huub 

> Yes it is possible for dpkg, apt and aptitude.  The description is in
> the Debian FAQ:
> 
> http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.en.html#s-puttingonhold
> 
> HTH
>  -- David

Thank you.


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