On 2010-04-20 10:22, T o n g wrote:
Hi,
How can I trick my Debian into thinking that a package is not installed?
I am talking about the *standalone* durep package. I don't like the new
0.9 version but rather prefer the old 0.8 version. However, even I've put
it on hold in dpkg/aptitude, from time to time if I do a 'aptitude safe-
upgrade', this durep package somehow get upgraded as well.
So now I think the easiest way for me to fix the problem once and for all
is to hide the fact to my Debian that the durep package is ever installed.
apt-get users "pin" packages at a certain version. I don't know if
aptitude does that behind the scenes.
$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: icedove
Pin: version 2.0*
Pin-Priority: 1001
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