[ubuntu] aptitude and unwanted upgrade

[Mike Reinehr]

On Saturday 01 October 2005 10:16 pm, Man-wai Chang wrote:
> > 	Alternatively, after identifying each of the broken packages, you could
> > configure /etc/apt/preferences to set up apt-pinning, to not upgrade
> > them. I'm afraid that I can't give you any advice other than point you to
> > the APT How-To (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/) in this
> > instance, as I'm still trying to learn pinning, myself. :-)
>
> Pinning is a bit complicated. Will try it later.
>
> >> > AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST". Between this and "End Default Options" you'll
> >> > find a
> >>
> >> Didn't notice this one. Thanks.
>
> I just found that Ubuntu's menu.lst doesn't have these boundaries... I
> guess I should just let it upgrade the old kernel and then fix the
> menu.lst manually.

I've read that Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian project, has criticized 
Ubuntu for breaking compatibility with Debian. I guess this is one such 
example of that. While he's happy that Ubuntu chose Debian as their base, he 
wishes they would maintain compatibility.

Cheers!

cmr

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