The man pages for apt-get lists the switches to control what is upgraded and what is held back. In a Terminal window try "man apt-get"
> > From: "Leandro Tracchia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/11/13 Thu PM 02:50:49 GMT > To: "BackupPC List" <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] upgrading backuppc 3.0 to 3.1 > > if i "apt-get upgrade backuppc" on ubuntu 8.04 it will try to install > backuppc 3.1. this is good and what i want. but it will also try to > upgrade samba, samba-common, smbclient, and smbfs. i don't want to > upgrade the samba packages because it as i posted before, my backups > were crashing with backuppc 3.1 and samba 3.2.3 > (http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg12192.html). > > how can i prevent apt-get from upgrade the samba packages??? > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Leandro Tracchia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > can anyone give me or direct me to good instructions on upgrading > > backuppc from 3.0 to 3.1 on ubuntu 8.04?? has anyone done this > > successfully?? > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
