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arnoldux is offline arnoldux
2011-01-31 , 20:21
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hi all, can anyone please explain me how to block a specific update? its actually annoying, and makes my device slow everytime i connect to internet

i dont want to disable que repos cuz i still want to update all my other apps, just dont want 1 app to get updated.

how can i do it?

cheers
 
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futtawuh is offline futtawuh
2011-01-31 , 20:25
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Originally Posted by arnoldux View Post
hi all, can anyone please explain me how to block a specific update? its actually annoying, and makes my device slow everytime i connect to internet

i dont want to disable que repos cuz i still want to update all my other apps, just dont want 1 app to get updated.

how can i do it?

cheers
Hi there, download Maemodder, and press the "Update notification" button, and your device wont search for updates unless you tell it to

http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...ight=maemodder

Kind regards,
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handaxe is offline handaxe
2011-01-31 , 23:19
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Alternatively, if you still want the update notifications for other stuff you can pin the "offending" package as follows (using the terminal and not including the round brackets)

Code:
root
echo "Package: (pkg-name-here)
Pin: version (present-version-no-here)
Pin-Priority: 1001" >> /etc/apt/preferences
In subsequent searches for updates the apt system should not want to present notification of an update. Note that the package will never get updated if further updates appear whilst this entry resides in /etc/apt/preferences.
Last edited by handaxe; 2011-01-31 at 23:20. Reason: clarity
 

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arnoldux is offline arnoldux
2011-02-01 , 18:19
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ah, thats great, but how or where do i check the package name and the number? :P

first time ill pin a package

tnx!!!!!!
 
handaxe is offline handaxe
2011-02-01 , 20:55
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Code:
dpkg -s (package_name) | grep Version:
Will give it to you. If you want to see all the info about the package, including whether or not it is installed ok, leave off the "| grep..." bit. If you don't know the exact package name (required for dpkg) then use this (it will spew stuff but easily scrollable thru) and you will see the proper name:

Code:
apt-cache search (key-word)
(key-word) is part of the package name. You do not need to be root for these, unlike the pinning steps, as you then are writing to the /etc/apt/ directory
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Dark_Angel85 is offline Dark_Angel85
2011-02-02 , 13:48
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how if i want to unpin a package?
 
Rob1n is offline Rob1n
2011-02-02 , 14:02
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Originally Posted by Dark_Angel85 View Post
how if i want to unpin a package?
Just remove the appropriate lines from /etc/apt/preferences (or delete the whole file if you want to unpin everything).
 
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Dark_Angel85 is offline Dark_Angel85
2011-02-02 , 14:43
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#8
erm.... sorry... I'll try to be more specific...

I downloaded the Community SSU and i wanted to patch it with the desaturate patch..... I tried asking here http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...045#post934045

and Reffyyyy said that i had to pin a package (not sure if it is to pin the hildon-desktop or mp-fremantle-community-pr) in order to have apt-get upgrade not showing that hildon-desktop needs to be upgraded
 
michaaa62 is offline michaaa62
2011-02-02 , 15:25
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I know you asked there in the first place.
Well there is also the answer http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p...&postcount=128
 

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arnoldux is offline arnoldux
2011-02-02 , 21:13
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#10
please dont get angry lol, i still cant find the package, let me add this, its documents to go, i downloaded the package to my computer then transfered it to the n900 via usb, cant see anything like documents to go in the search :S
 
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