[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] s.m.a.r.t. feature request
From:       Andreas <ahasenack () terra ! com ! br>
Date:       2005-08-31 23:48:29
Message-ID: 20050831234829.GA21007 () terra ! com ! br
[Download RAW message or body]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2005 at 06:19:26PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> Here's a feature request for s.m.a.r.t. urpmi has a --keep parameter
> which tells it, when a package would normally be removed to satisfy one
> of the packages which is to be upgraded, to keep the package which would
> be removed and not do the upgrade that would cause the removal. This is

With s.m.a.r.t. you can use the lock flag.

> very handy on Cooker where dependencies are occasionally screwed up or
> packages not yet available. For e.g. right now both urpmi --auto-select
> and smart upgrade want to remove xfce because a newer xffm is available
> which conflicts with xfce 4.2. If I add --keep to the urpmi command it
> skips the xffm update and preserves xfce; as far as I know there's no
> equivalent for smart. Can it be added? Thanks.

Try this:
smart flag --set lock xfce

The --gui interface also has this option by right-clicking on the
package and selecting it to be locked (it may use another word for it
though, I don't remember right now).


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]