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Re: Locking packages from dselect



> When using deselect, by default the upgrade list gets updated with
> newer version of stuff (that is, if I use the unstable tree and
> do apt-get update once in a while). This is generally a Good Thing,
> but has one very annoying flaw: the kernel. I use a custom built
> kernel and module set, plus pcmcia (this is a laptop). I DO NOT WANT
> to get any updates on my kernel or any of the related packages, no
> matter how good for me dselect thinks these may be.
> 
> How do I let dselect know that it's okay to upgrade (say) my
> /usr/bin/dc whenever a new one comes out, but NOT touch my beautiful
> kernel?
> 
> (The first time this happned, I suddenly lost my network capabilities
> since the "upgrade" process had stopped cardmgr. The cheek!)
> 



You probably want to have dselect put the custom kernel (and the pcmcia 
modules?) on hold. It's the = key.



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