Re: Freeze package

[Byron Boulton <daytonb@zoho.com>]

On 2/18/2016 10:09 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 18/02/2016 15:34, Byron Boulton wrote:
>> Is there a way to freeze a cygwin package to prevent upgrade?
>>
>> Byron
>>
>
> only manually selecting skip for that specifically package.
>
> Why ?
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There is a very annoying small bug in the hamster package from 
cygwin-ports. It's a very simple fix in the python code, but I was 
thinking I would freeze the package to keep from overwriting it. I've 
had bad luck with installing from source on my linux machines, so I 
don't have high hopes for installing it from source on cygwin. I realize 
it's a bad idea to manually edit files that are under the control of the 
package manager. Freezing the package is just a workaround.

Byron


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