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Posted by parsingphase on Mon 6 Feb 2006 at 17:22
I run debian (generally "stable") on various servers, but prefer to use PHP5.x and MySQL5.x
I can install PHP5 manually, but I also use packages like "hastymail" which depend on a 'php' package. How can I create a ghost package that simply tells APT "I'm providing the requirement 'php', don't install the one from 'stable'"? I'm not worried about packaging the whole of PHP5, all I really need is the package metadata.
I know I can "pin" php4, but I'd rather just get rid of it so I can do things like 'dist-upgrade' with peace of mind.
As for MySQL 5, this appears to be only in "testing" (which is fair enough). Is there any way to tell APT to get only this package (dependencies permitting) from "testing" and stick with "stable" for everything else?
TIA
I can install PHP5 manually, but I also use packages like "hastymail" which depend on a 'php' package. How can I create a ghost package that simply tells APT "I'm providing the requirement 'php', don't install the one from 'stable'"? I'm not worried about packaging the whole of PHP5, all I really need is the package metadata.
I know I can "pin" php4, but I'd rather just get rid of it so I can do things like 'dist-upgrade' with peace of mind.
As for MySQL 5, this appears to be only in "testing" (which is fair enough). Is there any way to tell APT to get only this package (dependencies permitting) from "testing" and stick with "stable" for everything else?
TIA