locking version

[leorolla]

Hello,

If I lock the version of a package in synaptics, does apt-get respect it?

Does it survive after distribution ugrades?

Within a Gnome Desktop Hardy installation, if I lock Kile and Kdvi in synaptics, will Kdvi survive upgrading to Karmic and will Kile stay with the Hardy version (Kile 2.0) ?

Thanks!!!

[lethalfang]

Hello,

If I lock the version of a package in synaptics, does apt-get respect it?

Does it survive after distribution ugrades?

Within a Gnome Desktop Hardy installation, if I lock Kile and Kdvi in synaptics, will Kdvi survive upgrading to Karmic and will Kile stay with the Hardy version (Kile 2.0) ?

Thanks!!!


You need to do the following to lock Kile and KDVI for apt-get:


sudo echo 'kile hold' | sudo dpkg --set-selections


To undo:

sudo echo 'kile install' | sudo dpkg --set-selections


To lock version in aptitude:


sudo aptitude hold kile

To undo:


sudo aptitude unhold kile

[leorolla]

Thanks!

Recently I learned how to pin packages to different repository versions, which is closer to what I wanted.