On Mon, 14 May 2001 16:53:05 +0200 Paul Slootman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun 13 May 2001, Ivan E. Moore II wrote: > > On Sun, May 13, 2001 at 11:32:36AM -0500, Hilarion wrote: > > > I have an alien'd mozilla 0.8.1, but [unstable] wants to install the > > > repackaged > > > M18. I'm *still* kind of a newbie when it comes to package management. > > > Any > > > good suggestions? I've looked for options to freeze a package version, > > > but > > > alas. > > > > > > I'd like to keep the alien'd package, rather than remove it, and rpm > > > it back. Given that there will eventually be a "greater" version than > > > "m18", what should I do, or speak to? > > > > hold it? > > In other words: > > echo 'mozilla hold' | dpkg --set-selections > > > BTW, this isn't alpha-specific at all, you would probably get faster > (and perhaps more eloquent?) answers from debian-user . Ah. I admit embarrassment, mostly because posting (or subscribing) to d-u hadn't occurred to me. Thank you very much, Paul; your incantation worked. I'll subscribe there and see what else I've been missing, debian-wise.
