Re: v8 optimised openssl packages

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Fri, Mar 07, 2003 at 05:13:51PM +0000, Francis Devereux wrote:
> I have compiled my own optimised openssl packages, from the latest stable
> sources (0.9.6c-2woody.2).  They work great, but whenever I do an apt-get
> upgrade apt wants to replace them with the default versions.  I can hold them
> to prevent this, but I don't really want to do that in case I miss security
> updates.
> 
> Is there a way to make apt upgrade the packages when there is a newer version
> available but leave them alone until then?
> 

echo pkg hold | dpkg --set-selections


So for example:

echo libssl096 hold | dpkg --set-selections

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