Re: How to skip installing one package.
roberto_at_familiasanchez.net
Date: 01/04/05
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Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 15:09:26 -0500 To: Franki <franki@littlehosting.com>
Quoting Franki <franki@littlehosting.com>:
> Hi guys,
>
> I've a recent convert to Debian from RH and MDK, and this is my first
> trip down the dpkg/apt-get route.
>
Good for you.
> I have setup a mail server using debian woody and several packages from
> backports.org, however one package I couldn't find as I needed it was
> postfix, so I compiled it myself with virtual folders, sasl and mysql
> support, then I setup courier-imap etc etc.
>
> Anyway, the end result has been exceptional however I am worried about
> doing an apt-get update/upgrade because I worry my custom install of
> postfix will be upgraded and I really don't want that as the replacement
> is likely to be very different from the original.
>
Did you customize an existing Debian package or install from the upstream
source?
> You might say that if you didn't install postfix in the first place,
> apt-get won't try and upgrade it, but unfortunately I did have postfix
> installed via apt and overwrote it with the newly compiled version.
> (because I had a ton of other stuff that apt won't install without an
> MTA installed)
>
This is bad. I would recommend that you either modify the package from
Sid to your liking and use that (essentially backport it yourself) or
remove the postfix* package(s) you have installed (you can force the removal
process to ignore dependency checks) and then install a dummy package
created with equivs. equivs is very easy to use and allows you to create
"fake" packages that make dpkg think that you have installed a particular
package with a particular version that provides whatever you it to provide
and depends on whatever you want it to depend on.
> Anyway, onto my question, is there anyway to tell apt-get to skip trying
> to install an updated postfix package? I read though the man pages and
> searched the net, but couldn't find an answer that made sense to me.
Set the pakcage status to "hold" through your package management program.
-Roberto Sanchez
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