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On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 10:12:59PM -0400, Walt Mankowski said: > On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 10:06:12PM -0400, Chip Salzenberg wrote: > > When you start dselect, anything with a newer version available shows > > up at the top of the display, whether or not you've marked it "hold". > > So you go back in to dselect _after_ upgrading once in a while and you > > see what's been updated upstream. > > How about those of us who live in fear of dselect and just let apt-get > take care of things? :) pciutils already has a newer version out, so > won't apt-get dist-upgrade just always show it under "The following > packages have been kept back:"? echo package hold | dpkg --set-selections Then, periodically run apt-cache policy package (maybe from cron or something) to see if there is a new version that is worth upgrading to - subscribe to the bug report you are hoping to have resolved, so you know when it is closed (bugs.debian.org - follow links) Then apt-get install package More manual work than getting the pinning correct, but each step is easier. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | A good name lost is seldom regained. | | steve@lobefin.net | When character is gone, all is gone, | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | and one of the richest jewels of life | | | is lost forever. -- J. Hawes | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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