[Olpc-open] debxo 0.2 release

[Holger Levsen]

Hi,

On Saturday 25 October 2008 19:07, Andres Salomon wrote:
> > nice.  how does this interact with future "apt-get update"?  is
> > there anything to watch out for (e.g., kernel getting
> > overwritten, etc)?
> Ah, glad you brought that up.  Apt should Just Work for the majority
> of the distribution, but there are 3 custom packages; ofw-config (which
> manages /boot/olpc.fth), linux-2.6.25.15 (which manages the kernel), and
> initramfs-tools (which manages the initramfs/initrd). 

If you want to put those on hold, so that they wont be upgraded, run the 
following commands:

for pkg in ofw-config linux-2.6.25.15 initramfs-tools ; do 
  echo $pkg hold | dpkg --set-selections
done

To remove the hold: echo $pkg install | dpkg --set-selections


regards,
	Holger
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