I am in the testing branch and had a bad experience with package libcap-ng0, which was automatically installed and causes segmentation fault, there is a bug filed against that package but no fix yet, and it is not possible to purge it, because it will drag with it dbus and apt.
I have another computer on testing, which does not have this package installed, and I want to run a dist-upgrade on it, but I want to prevent libcap-ng0 from installing.
What syntax should I use?
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How to prevent a package from installing in a dist-upgrade
Re: How to prevent a package from installing in a dist-upgra
Depending on your setup you could probably manage without dbus, but not without apt, so I would not recommend this. If apt depends on the pkg, don;t prevent it from being installed.
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Re: How to prevent a package from installing in a dist-upgra
In my Stretch there is a very long list of packages that depend on libcap-ng0. I doubt that it is the source of your problem.
As you know, things break in Testing.
As you know, things break in Testing.
Re: How to prevent a package from installing in a dist-upgra
I don't think that those fundamental packages depend on libcap-ng0, I think that it is rather the opposite, according to what that packegae does or not.
I think the best option is to downgrade the package, but I don't know how to do this.
Please help.
I think the best option is to downgrade the package, but I don't know how to do this.
Please help.
Re: How to prevent a package from installing in a dist-upgra
There is a bug filed against that package because it causes segmentation fault, however there is no newer version.Bulkley wrote:In my Stretch there is a very long list of packages that depend on libcap-ng0. I doubt that it is the source of your problem.
As you know, things break in Testing.