Re: apt

[Jesse Goerz <jgoerz@linuxfreemail.com>]

On Saturday 13 October 2001 11:49, Frank Louwers wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 08:45:48AM -0700, Kevin wrote:
> > is there a way to lock a package so that apt/dpkg wont
> > update it?
> >
> > i use a bofh'd bash, but it keeps getting overwritten by new
> > bash packages.  i suppose i could chattr +i it but im hoping
> > theres a more elegant solution.
>
> dpkg your version, start dselect, go to the bash package, and
> press '='. That puts your package on hold ...
>
> Frank

or if you don't like dselect
echo "my_bash hold" | dpkg --set-selections

to test
dpkg --get-selections | grep my_bash