On Jo, 15 dec 11, 13:13:42, Malte Forkel wrote:
>
> I've been looking through debian-devel without finding the thread you
> are referring to. Do you possibly have its subject or start date?
Even better: http://lists.debian.org/87iplw8px9@lennier.ganneff.de
> As a first test, I tried to edit
Am 14.12.2011 22:22, schrieb Andrei Popescu:
> Your problem is not unique, see the recent thread on debian-devel
> triggered by an announcement about changes in archive sections. You
> could take the initiative and drive the required changes to have apt
> handle transitional packages specially ;
On Mi, 14 dec 11, 09:13:34, Malte Forkel wrote:
>
> I'm writing a transitional package to handle a software name change.
Hi Malte,
Your problem is not unique, see the recent thread on debian-devel
triggered by an announcement about changes in archive sections. You
could take the initiative an
Malte Forkel wrote:
> I'm writing a transitional package to handle a software name change. The
> transitional package 'depends' on the new package. So during an upgrade,
> the new package is installed automatically and marked accordingly. But
> once the user decides to purge the transitional packag
Am 14.12.2011 01:33, schrieb Bob Proulx:
> Malte Forkel wrote:
>> Can I safely modify /var/lib/apt/extended_states in a postinst skript,
>> that is while aptitude | apt-get | ... is running?
>
> Ew... That could be scary! The short answer is that I don't know.
> Certainly an official package wou
Malte Forkel wrote:
> Can I safely modify /var/lib/apt/extended_states in a postinst skript,
> that is while aptitude | apt-get | ... is running?
Ew... That could be scary! The short answer is that I don't know.
Certainly an official package would no be allowed to do it. But would
it work? I d
Am 13.12.2011 23:56, schrieb Bob Proulx:
> To unmark a package as automatically installed.
>
> # editor /var/lib/apt/extended_states
>
> Then find the package that you wish to change and take one of two
> actions:
>
> 1) If the package is already listed in the file then modify the
>Auto-In
Malte Forkel wrote:
> How can I mark a package as being not auto(matically installed)? I know
> about aptitude and apt-mark, but both come from non-essential packages.
> I'm looking for a way to unmark a package that should always be available.
I am not aware of a dedicated program utility to do t
Hi,
How can I mark a package as being not auto(matically installed)? I know
about aptitude and apt-mark, but both come from non-essential packages.
I'm looking for a way to unmark a package that should always be available.
Thanks,
Malte
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