Re: making own dep packages

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Jules Bean <jules@jellybean.co.uk> writes:
> One is to put the package on hold.  Apt will respect this, I believe.
> You can do this in dselect, or you can echo "apache-ssl hold" | dpkg
> --set-selections.

  I discovered that if you install your package with dpkg, the HOLD
  flag will be cleared, so be sure to run the command above each time
  you install a fresh copy of your package.

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