What does the following apt-get response mean?
Jim Byrnes
jf_byrnes at comcast.net
Thu Dec 2 20:47:18 UTC 2010
NoOp wrote:
> On 12/02/2010 09:28 AM, Jim Byrnes wrote:
> ...
>> In the context of this thread what does "pinned" mean? I googled but
>> never found an explanation.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto
>
> $ apt-cache policy udisks
> udisks:
> Installed: 1.0.1-1build1
> Candidate: 1.0.1-1ubuntu1
> Version table:
> 1.0.1-1ubuntu1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
> *** 1.0.1-1build1 0
> 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
> 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> Notice that I have 1.0.1-1build1 installed, but the candidate is
> 1.0.1-1ubuntu1. 1.0.1-1ubuntu1 breaks mounting floppys, so I've
> pinned/held the package to 1.0.1-1build1.
>
> You might find these helpful as well:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGet/Howto
>
>
>
>
Thanks for the info. I don't have a need to do it, I just wanted to
understand what it meant and I am just not a good googler. The howto's
are always an interesting read.
Regards, Jim
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