apt-get update > apt-get upgrade again!

[edge]

Okay,

On one of my Denian Sarge servers I still have the "old" 2.4 kernel as backup.
I'm using the 2.6.8-3-686-smp kernal.

Now when I apt-get update and apt-get upgrade, I get the following:

host:/home/edge# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
kernel-headers-2.4.27-3 kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-686-smp
kernel-image-2.4.27-3-686-smp
3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 14.8MB of archives.
After unpacking 12.3kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

I do not want to upgrade the 2.4.27-3 stuff.
Is there a way to kill this message, so what it does not show anymore when I do a apt-get update > upgrade?

[Hans]

I think you can do that with:

apt-get hold <packagename>

To undo it again:

apt-get unhold <packagename>

To see what your packages on hold are, do an:

dpkg --get-selections | grep hold


I think it is possible that way, but maybe Falko has a better solution for you.

[edge]

Eej Hans,

No apt-get hold here :/
host:/home/edge# apt-get hold kernel-headers-2.4.27-3
E: Invalid operation hold

host:/home/edge# apt-get -h
apt 0.5.28.6 for linux i386 compiled on Mar 22 2005 07:17:03
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install|remove pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get [options] source pkg1 [pkg2 ...]

apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.

Commands:
update - Retrieve new lists of packages
upgrade - Perform an upgrade
install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
remove - Remove packages
source - Download source archives
build-dep - Configure build-dependencies for source packages
dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies

Options:
-h This help text.
-q Loggable output - no progress indicator
-qq No output except for errors
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
-s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
-y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
-f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
-m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
-u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
-b Build the source package after fetching it
-V Show verbose version numbers
-c=? Read this configuration file
-o=? Set an arbitrary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
This APT has Super Cow Powers.

I think I need to use the -d option (Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives)

[iberry]

Seems that what you want to do is pin to that version of the 2.4 kernel. Pinning is described in section 3.10 of the APT HOWTO (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html).

For example, I have pinned to version 0.5.* of network-manager by creating and adding the following lines to /etc/apt/preferences:

Package: network-manager
Pin: version 0.5*
Pin-Priority: 1001

Hope that helps to point you in the right direction.

--Ian

apt-get moo

[Hans]

Maybe this:

To put a package to hold:
echo "package_name hold"|dpkg --set-selections

to 'unhold' it:
echo "package_name install"|dpkg --set-selecions

To see what your packages on hold are, do an:

dpkg --get-selections | grep hold

[edge]

Welcome to the helping team iberry!

pin does look like a nice option, and I'll give it a try on a test server later today.

Hans,

I'll give your option also a go.

[edge]

Looks like echo "package_name hold"|dpkg --set-selections did the trick for me


host:/home/edge# echo "kernel-headers-2.4.27-3 hold" | dpkg --set-selections
host:/home/edge# echo "kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-686-smp hold" | dpkg --set-selections
host:/home/edge# echo "kernel-image-2.4.27-3-686-smp hold" | dpkg--set-selections

and

host:/home/edge# dpkg --get-selections | grep hold
kernel-headers-2.4.27-3 hold
kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-686-smp hold
kernel-image-2.4.27-3-686-smp hold

and

host:/home/edge# apt-get upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
kernel-headers-2.4.27-3 kernel-headers-2.4.27-3-686-smp kernel-image-2.4.27-3-686-smp
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.

[Hans]

That's nice!

I've also read that if you use aptitute that you can put an "=" in front of the package name to set it on hold.

(i use apt myself not aptitute)

[falko]

pin does look like a nice option, and I'll give it a try on a test server later today.

Also take a look here: http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showpost.php?p=17170&postcount=15