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Re: Any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive

From: Mathias Brodala <info(at)noctus.net>
Date: Sat Aug 25 2007 - 06:38:52 EDT

Hi.

Tong -, 25.08.2007 05:51:
> On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 02:03:42 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote:
>
>>> Is there any way to stop dist-upgrade from upgrading tetex to texlive? >> See the manpage of aptitude and look for "hold".
>
> [â€¦]
>
> Please be *responsible* with what you said. Do you know that your "hold"
> does not work?

Nope. Only heard about it multiple times and thought it might be the solution here. I never used it myself.

> If you are not sure yourself, shouldn't you at least test
> it before blunt it out?

I donâ€™t use aptitude.

> If you want to help, then give *real* help, not
> giving false directions to waste other's time.

You just could take my hint for further research if it doesnâ€™t work directly. (You could have come up with the idea to put everything tex-related on hold, for example.)

Regards, Mathias

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