Daniel Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's easier than everything everyone has been saying. Here you go:
[...] > dpkg -i libbonobo* bonobo* > > >From the directory you downloaded the packages. > > You will want to run dselect and put those packages on hold as well so > they don't upgrade again. That won't affect apt-get's behaviour, not? For apt-get users, isn't the following the more appropriate way? (into /etc/apt/preferences): Package: libbonobo-activation4 Pin: version 1.0.3* Pin_priority: 998 Package: bonobo-activation Pin: version 1.0.3* Pin_priority: 998 Package: libbonobo-activation-dev Pin: version 1.0.3* Pin_priority: 998 > That's just an = sign when on the packages. > That gets you a working system. Oh, and the new gthumb2 package > requires them so you might have to delete it. > > On a side, can someone tell me why messed up packages aren't deleted off > of the distro? Well, they simply stay in unstable because it's unstable. But they don't enter testing. Thanks, Johannes -- ~/.signature under construction
