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On Sun, 6 Jul 2014 19:33:55 +0100 bad apple <mr.meowski@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/07/14 18:45, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > > That's OK. I realise that you are looking out for my best interests. > > But let me emphasise again, I was just wondering about the very, > > very rare occasion such as my gedt example above. I certainly would > > never consider not running updates as and when they appear. > > > > Thanks, Neil > > You make a fair point - sometimes 'updates' can really ruin your day > when features are arbitrarily abandoned, UIs are mangled and > implementation details are butchered. Denying updates does have a > place sometimes, as long as you know what you are doing. > > What you're looking for is this: > > http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html > > Be careful! > > Cheers > Thanks, will have a look at that. At first glance it does seem very OTT for what I want. In my example, if gedit does get 'upgraded' and I don't like the result perhaps it would be easier to simply move to Kate. When I used Kubuntu as my distro Kate was my editor of choice. Thanks Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq