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Re: removing TexLive Docs packages

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Hi,

This fixes error in my previous post.

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:27:25AM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2015-12-23 at 09:55, Udyant Wig wrote:
> >   # To prevent these packages from getting installed later:
...
> If that's been changed, or if there's a mechanism which avoids it and
> does work, I'd be very interested.

>From root account:
 # cat >/etc/apt/preferences.d/block-texlive << EOF
Package: /^texlive-.*-doc$/
Pin: release a=*
Pin-Priority: -1
EOF

This worked.  (Priority 10 was not small enough.)

Osamu

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removing TexLive Docs packages Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 07:50 +0100
  Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Udyant Wig <udyantw@gmail.com> - 2015-12-23 16:00 +0100
    Re: removing TexLive Docs packages The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-23 16:40 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2015-12-23 17:20 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org> - 2015-12-23 17:20 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 13:50 +0100
        OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-24 16:00 +0100
          Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Anthony Mapes <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 16:40 +0100
            Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2015-12-26 08:40 +0100
            Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-12-27 01:00 +0100
            Digital signatures Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-12-27 09:10 +0100
              Re: Digital signatures Anthony Mapes <anthonym7009@gmail.com> - 2015-12-27 15:10 +0100
                Re: Digital signatures Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> - 2015-12-27 16:10 +0100
          Re: OT: signatures (was Re: removing TexLive Docs packages) Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-25 07:40 +0100
    Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Sivaram Neelakantan <nsivaram.net@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 13:40 +0100
  Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2015-12-23 22:50 +0100
    Re: removing TexLive Docs packages The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2015-12-24 03:20 +0100
      Re: removing TexLive Docs packages Udyant Wig <udyantw@gmail.com> - 2015-12-24 05:20 +0100

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