Okay, On one of my Denian Sarge servers I still have the "old" 2.4 kernel as backup. I'm using the 2.6.8-3-686-smp kernal. Now when I apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, I get the following: I do not want to upgrade the 2.4.27-3 stuff. Is there a way to kill this message, so what it does not show anymore when I do a apt-get update > upgrade?
I think you can do that with: apt-get hold <packagename> To undo it again: apt-get unhold <packagename> To see what your packages on hold are, do an: dpkg --get-selections | grep hold I think it is possible that way, but maybe Falko has a better solution for you.
Eej Hans, No apt-get hold here :/ I think I need to use the -d option (Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives)
the answer is "pin" Seems that what you want to do is pin to that version of the 2.4 kernel. Pinning is described in section 3.10 of the APT HOWTO. For example, I have pinned to version 0.5.* of network-manager by creating and adding the following lines to /etc/apt/preferences: Package: network-manager Pin: version 0.5* Pin-Priority: 1001 Hope that helps to point you in the right direction. --Ian apt-get moo
Maybe this: To put a package to hold: echo "package_name hold"|dpkg --set-selections to 'unhold' it: echo "package_name install"|dpkg --set-selecions To see what your packages on hold are, do an: dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
Welcome to the helping team iberry! pin does look like a nice option, and I'll give it a try on a test server later today. Hans, I'll give your option also a go.
That's nice! I've also read that if you use aptitute that you can put an "=" in front of the package name to set it on hold. (i use apt myself not aptitute)
