[olug] apt-get with RedHat basics

Ryan O'Rourke ryano at ch-gifts.com
Mon Mar 31 20:41:15 UTC 2003


Scott Jones said:
> On Monday 31 March 2003 02:09 pm, Ryan O'Rourke wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how I can use apt-get on RH 8 to exclude certain
>> packages I don't want to upgrade?

> You can set it in /etc/apt/apt.conf:
>
> RPM
>    // Leave list empty to disable
>    Hold {
>        "package-to-hold";
>    };

Ah, yes - beautiful. Thanks, Scott.




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