[Koha] Update OS vs Update Koha

[Bob Birchall]

Hi Joel,
After upgrading, put koha-common on hold. Before your next upgrade, remove
the hold.
https://askubuntu.com/questions/18654/how-to-prevent-updating-of-a-specific-package
(look for the Apt heading).
Best wishes,
Bob Birchall
Calyx




On Fri, 14 Jun 2019 at 16:01, Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer.83 at web.de>
wrote:

> Hi Joel,
>
> I am not a system administrator, so others might be able to give more
> information. But I thought this page might be helpful:
>
> https://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Koha_on_Debian#Set_up_package_sources
>
> I think following a codename (version number) will prevent the big
> updates from happening. If you also don't want to have monthly updates,
> you might have to do something else. I know it's possible.
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Katrin
>
>
> On 13.06.19 22:45, Coehoorn, Joel wrote:
> > First, some background.
> >
> > We currently have a Koha server running 17.05. This server has been
> updated
> > in place since sometime in 2012 or 2013, going back at least to version
> > 3.04. For a variety of reasons, it's time to start over with our Koha
> > install.
> >
> > To that end, I had setup a new Ubuntu 18.04 server and installed Koha
> 18.11
> > via the packages. Going forward, I hope to not fall two years behind
> again,
> > but during the re-implementation phase we did not want to do and updates.
> >
> > Today I ran "apt upgrade" on the Ubuntu server console, and to my
> surprise
> > watched the new server update koha-common to 19.05. My prior experience
> is
> > this does **not** normally update the koha-common packages. Instead, I
> > would need to change the sources or do a dist-upgrade.
> >
> > What did I miss here? In the future, how can I update the OS without
> > updating the Koha application? I want to be able to install linux,
> apache,
> > etc security updates during an academic term, and be able to save the
> koha
> > application updates for between terms, when have down-time for review and
> > staff training.
> >
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