----- Forwarded message from Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:57:15 +0000 From: Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: iain d broadfoot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-SpamProbe: Subject: Re: Quick aptitude question... X-CIS-MailScanner: Found to be clean
On Mon, Jan 20, 2003 at 09:22:46PM +0000, iain d broadfoot wrote: > * ZephyrQ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > I'm trying to take better control of my installation, and fired up > > aptitude. I inadvertently tried to do an upgrade (to woody rc1) a while > > back and am trying to cancel it. Is there a way to 'wipe' queued > > actions and/or reset aptitude? > > > > when you hit 'g' to get the 'do this' screen, select the lines that say > 'install' or 'upgrade' or similar, and hit '_' to purge, '-' to remove > or '=' to hold(hold means keep installed, don't upgrade) - this should > cut down the number of things on the todo list. if youve told aptitude you want to upgrade a package, but havent actually done the upgrade, how do you then reset its status to installed -its a pain to do hold as that break dependencies when you upgrade other things. hugh ----- End forwarded message ----- i'm not sure you can, using aptitude - it likes upgrading automatically. have a look in the options to see if you can turn off that behaviour. at the same time, why do you want to avoid woodyr1 exactly? iain -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
