On 14 August 2013 21:41, Mark Hatle <[email protected]> wrote: >> able to do this with dpkg by setting the package state to >> "not-installed hold". > > > I tried that and it did not work. The hold semantic in dpkg/apt-get appears > to say once it's installed keep it at a specific version. But it doesn't > allow you to hold in the not-installed mode. > > (I'd be more then happy for someone to prove me wrong btw..) I tried > everything from setting special Pin-Priorities to playing with the state > file, etc.. eventually I gave up and made it a warning instead. (This is > not a regression BTW, it has never worked in the past... it's just > functionality someone may want.)
Shame, I'm sure I'd seen this behaviour in aptitude. Maybe that's an aptitude extension. Ross _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openembedded.org/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
