putting packages on hold
I am trying to build an external firewall/nat/dns box.
No gui. The depends are dragging in x11-common, apache, mysql and who knows what else. I can apt-get remove <package> but the next time I update the system they will be pulled back in. I have been told that I can just put a hold on the packages and that will solve my problem. But I have to question that, as I think if memory serves, putting a package on hold prevents the package that depends on it from being updated too. Can anyone confirm one way or the other for me? Some google results indicate that putting a package on hold will prevent other packages from being update. But most don't even discuss the issue. Thanks. |
Hold Packages example.
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Thanks Satyaveer Arya,
I have already read that page and it confirms that when I hold one package all that depend on it get held too. So if I hold x11-common, which provides file structure for the xserver, I hold lsb-base which is pulled in by sed and ncurses-bin inturn by install-info, libselinux1, libncurses5 inturn by libgpm2 I'm just guessing that the system will not work without a couple of those and libc6 is not included in the output of debtree |
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