On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, 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. If your bash version is also a dpkg package, then putting it on hold is the way to go. If it's just a single binary, then dpkg-divert can help. -- Tot ziens, Bart-Jan